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pmc_3

posted on 26/6/20 at 05:27 PM Reply With Quote
Trailing arms - rod end size?

I'm looking at making up some trailing arms using turnbuckles and rod ends for a live axle car. I'm going to get some UNF ones as they seem a fair bit cheaper as more widely used in motorsport. Will 1/2" rod ends be sufficient? I've been looking at these ones from McGill Motorsport https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162130218416 Obviously getting LH and RH ones. It works out cheaper getting the bits from them on ebay than from the website.

Thanks in advance

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big_wasa

posted on 26/6/20 at 05:46 PM Reply With Quote
You may want to do some reading first, especially by Procomp.

Basically, due to lack of any compliance in rod ends you will soon get a failure on a live axle. Probably the brackets on the chassis.

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pmc_3

posted on 26/6/20 at 06:08 PM Reply With Quote
Can you get an end like a rod end but with a bush instead? That way I could keep the adjustability but have one end with a bush
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MikeR

posted on 26/6/20 at 08:42 PM Reply With Quote
After speaking with PROCOMP I've made rod end one end and bushed the other. Some adjustability with some compliance. Made in a jig so they're all the same length.
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pmc_3

posted on 27/6/20 at 07:51 AM Reply With Quote
This is the sort of thing I was thinking, available in the US I wonder if somewhere in the UK makes them too.

Bush end
Bush end


[Edited on 27/6/20 by pmc_3]

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