heim protection

[peterlocal22]

looking for some protection for heims like the ball joints have? i know they make them but cant find them?

thanks

[letsgetthisdone]

i wouldn't be worried about it unless you ride in muddy or wet conditions..

[peterlocal22]

actually i do at times

do you know of any type of boot i can get and were?

thanks

[Mullet Man]

google search for heim joint. suppliers will/should have these things in stock.

[FireHead]

Jannsen sells them.

[dajogejr]

I get my heims from Grainger...see if they carry anything.

[knight_ripper]

janssen sells an enclosed Heim. awesome setup. and your heims wont come apart while your riding anymore. just ask me how bad that sux. lol.

[FireHead]

janssen sells an enclosed Heim. awesome setup. and your heims wont come apart while your riding anymore. just ask me how bad that sux. lol.

Janssen doesn't make an enclosed heim for a Banshee application. They do make the rubber boots for the heims though.

 

Normally I order my heims from Aurora. :geek:

[burleybanshee]

They do have an enclosed heim, it has an aluminum cap with two small bolts holding it down and a rubber boot on the bottom. But you can't just buy the boot by itself. They also have the billet rebuildable ball joint with almost the same amount of travel. I just put a set on my wife's 660 raptor with +3+1 a-arms, very nice. Going to take the heavy heims off my shee and put on a set of billet aluminum rebuildable ball joints, real light and very strong. The aluminum ones are not out for sell yet.

[FireHead]

They do have an enclosed heim, it has an aluminum cap with two small bolts holding it down and a rubber boot on the bottom. But you can't just buy the boot by itself. They also have the billet rebuildable ball joint with almost the same amount of travel. I just put a set on my wife's 660 raptor with +3+1 a-arms, very nice. Going to take the heavy heims off my shee and put on a set of billet aluminum rebuildable ball joints, real light and very strong. The aluminum ones are not out for sell yet.

They also make a rubber condom thing for the heim joints. Several of us have them on here and that's where we got them from.

 

I would steer clear of an aluminum heim for the lower a-arm, I doubt they would last long in that application. Additionally, I some how doubt the ballt joint or heim for that matter are entirely aluminum. The ball of the joint would have to be steel or plastic I would think.

[burleybanshee]

Ya, the shaft/ball is steel and it has delron/teflon inserts as well. It is just the body that is out of aluminum. The steel was just a little bit stronger in the stress tests on the press. I will test them out and let you know.

[FireHead]

FYI: if your interested, they make aluminum and titanium bodied heims as well. I know you can get them from Aurora, but I am sure others make them as well.

[racer]

Titanium Auroras? Those may set you back some clams. I'm sure they are nice though. Personally I always thought the best idea was to leave them exposed, that way they get washed.

[FireHead]

Titanium Auroras? Those may set you back some clams. I'm sure they are nice though. Personally I always thought the best idea was to leave them exposed, that way they get washed.

......................yeah I haven't bought any of them. I just saw them in thei catalog. Personally, I took my boots off because I thought they looked gay, but I did use them for a bit. I think I agree with you regarding th boots trapping sand and such in the joint. :thumbsup: