Outer Limits 4x4 Board

hi guys

i'm in need of a new drag link and would like to know if anyone has made there own draglink useing hemie joints???

i would also like to know with steel size did you use and what hemie joints did you use.....oh don't for get to post up pic's of your set up


Nat

yeh got yuri to make one up.

bored out the pitman arm, solid tube taped at both ends and high steer arm
bored out to attach joint too.

proly have pics in the members, dont remember

are they made by crysler?

Beretta

HEIM joints (AKA Rose joints or rod ends) are a bit of a minefield - They're illegal for road use, and thre are a gazillion grades and qualities.

Why do you specifically need heim joints?

They're not generally designed for the kind of angles and environment under a car and tend to have a short life. It's not commonly known thay they generally permit less angle "out of phase" than the stock ball joints and wear much more quickly, making them noisey and clunky. Angle can be increased with spacers, but this will seriously reduce the strength of a single shear connection (like at the pitman arm)

They are also not really designed for single shear mounting (like a ball joint) so the bolted connection needs to be very well designed to make the connection strong enough.

Personally, I'd be trying to avoid using them in a steering system at all for a car used on the road.

Just my 2C

Steve.

I run 3/4" heims all throughout my steering and have for several years without an issue. No wear, no noise, and very reliable. Plenty of misalignment for my five feet of flex(I just start to max out the right knuckle drag link end at full droop, remember I have lh drive).
Just make sure that you don't scimp in any way with steering componants, get the best that you can find and go overkill size.
To answer your question, I run 3/4" with 3/4"-16 shank, 1.5"d .25"wall DOM tube. My steering arms arm 1.5" thick 4130 steel in a single sheer with grade eight bolts with lock nuts.
You should also keep in mind local laws like was said earlier. If it isn't legel, run 1ton tie rod ends...

they help flex like no tomorrow but I agree with Steve there

there pretty scary I have those joints in my shocks and the front in particular bang every time I turn a corner it sounds bad real bad

Spartacus wrote:yeh got yuri to make one up.

bored out the pitman arm, solid tube taped at both ends and high steer arm
bored out to attach joint too.

proly have pics in the members, dont remember