HEIM Joints - Building My Own Traction Bars? Best design? Best Price?
01-31-2007, 04:18 PM
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Re: HEIM Joints - Building My Own Traction Bars? Best design? Best Price?
Id also like to know if the using of a solid bar with 2 holes drilled in it would work fine just like stock, and only have a heim connection on the front
I could still make it adjustable by threading the flat drilled pieces into my tube
How I would get the reverse thread I dont know though, not to handy on that
I could still make it adjustable by threading the flat drilled pieces into my tube
How I would get the reverse thread I dont know though, not to handy on that
01-31-2007, 06:53 PM
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Re: HEIM Joints - Building My Own Traction Bars? Best design? Best Price?
Originally Posted by TinyTubs
Id also like to know if the using of a solid bar with 2 holes drilled in it would work fine just like stock, and only have a heim connection on the front
I could still make it adjustable by threading the flat drilled pieces into my tube
How I would get the reverse thread I dont know though, not to handy on that
I could still make it adjustable by threading the flat drilled pieces into my tube
How I would get the reverse thread I dont know though, not to handy on that
I think Beau (BLACKSI) uses the 2 bolt and one joint on his traction bars for the race car.
01-31-2007, 07:07 PM
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Re: HEIM Joints - Building My Own Traction Bars? Best design? Best Price?
Ive seen a few companies who still do.
One company said 2 joint per rod reduced binding, whatever that means
I figured you would want it as stiff as possible.
Never heard of a reverse tap, but I guess I could just buy 2 reverse threaded heim joints
One company said 2 joint per rod reduced binding, whatever that means
I figured you would want it as stiff as possible.
Never heard of a reverse tap, but I guess I could just buy 2 reverse threaded heim joints
02-01-2007, 10:22 AM
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Re: HEIM Joints - Building My Own Traction Bars? Best design? Best Price?
---- it just call up currie and get 4 jonny joints. theyre like 40 bucks a piece and as big as a freakin coke can, break one of these on a honda and i will personaly kiss your ***.
02-01-2007, 12:19 PM
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Re: HEIM Joints - Building My Own Traction Bars? Best design? Best Price?
You can get the heim joints at grainger. There are a lot of places that make threaded rods though.
You have to have them opposite threaded on each end so that you can twist the rod and have it adjust rather than just move the rod around. They are pretty cheap.
You have to have them opposite threaded on each end so that you can twist the rod and have it adjust rather than just move the rod around. They are pretty cheap.
02-01-2007, 03:22 PM
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Re: HEIM Joints - Building My Own Traction Bars? Best design? Best Price?
Originally Posted by TinyTubs
Ive seen a few companies who still do.
One company said 2 joint per rod reduced binding, whatever that means
I figured you would want it as stiff as possible.
Never heard of a reverse tap, but I guess I could just buy 2 reverse threaded heim joints
One company said 2 joint per rod reduced binding, whatever that means
I figured you would want it as stiff as possible.
Never heard of a reverse tap, but I guess I could just buy 2 reverse threaded heim joints
02-01-2007, 09:50 PM
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Re: HEIM Joints - Building My Own Traction Bars? Best design? Best Price?
02-03-2007, 10:00 AM
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Re: HEIM Joints - Building My Own Traction Bars? Best design? Best Price?
You dont know me well then sir lol, I do everything on my car I can, I love to learn it all, learn how it works, try new stuff, always try and be as safe and overkill as possible.
I only have 2 questions for these bars
Why SHOULD/SHOULDNT I Use 2 heim on the front bar mount and a solid 2 bolt connection to the LCA
How do you find the correct geometical position for the radius rod connection at the cross bar?
Thank you
I only have 2 questions for these bars
Why SHOULD/SHOULDNT I Use 2 heim on the front bar mount and a solid 2 bolt connection to the LCA
How do you find the correct geometical position for the radius rod connection at the cross bar?
Thank you
02-03-2007, 03:09 PM
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Re: HEIM Joints - Building My Own Traction Bars? Best design? Best Price?
buy some reverse threaded nuts and weld them to some tube with a normal nut on the other end. that way you can simply turn the tube and adjust it without making any other changes.
