pmc_3
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| posted on 26/6/20 at 05:27 PM |
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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
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| posted on 26/6/20 at 05:46 PM |
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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
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| posted on 26/6/20 at 06:08 PM |
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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
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| posted on 26/6/20 at 08:42 PM |
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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
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| posted on 27/6/20 at 07:51 AM |
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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
[Edited on 27/6/20 by pmc_3]
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