heim joints

[AKheathen]

i just need the heim joints and adapters for the spindles. where do i look?

[shanYE west]

Last time I looked.. the spindles dont use heims.

 

 

[2001Stroker]

Are you talking about the ball joints? They're pressed in, and you can't buy new ones. You have to buy either new a-arms, aftermarket a-arms with removable ball joints, or modify the stock a-arms.

[AKheathen]

there's no aftermarket arms that uses heims on the spindles? i'm building arms, but i don't know what size adapter the s;pindles use before i start. i just want to have them built, or at least have all the parts before i rip it apart.

[shanYE west]

adapter for the spindles??? you mean a reamer? some after market arms require you to ream the spindles.. never heard of a adpater though... Maybe I'm just misunderstanding somthing here....

 

Some company's use heims on their arms.. some use ball joints.. depends on the company.

[AKheathen]

damn, in automotive, i've used adapters that are tapered on one end, and strait on the other, so you can bolt them where the ball joint coes into the spindle, and slide the heim over the other end. lemmie see if i can get a pic.

[AKheathen]

[2001Stroker]

I see what you're saying now. Just get regular heims that look like a balljoint. Use 1/2" heims, and drill the spindles to fit them.

[AKheathen]

thanx, the size was my next q

[2001Stroker]

These are what you're looking for.

 

[AKheathen]

yah, but i'm not having great luck on fleabay. how much the joints and nick-nacks run, and where? thx.

[2001Stroker]

I don't know how much exactly they cost. I bought 3/4" heims with grease fittings, for a 4-Link suspension, and they were only $12/each. I got those at a local bearing warehouse.

[bbcmudtruck]

Summit racing will have them. Also look around rock crawling shops, performance shops or desert racing shops.

[zachass9]

www.jegs.com

 

They have all sizes, between $6 and $25 each.