Heim Joints????

[terryd]

hey, i'm looking for weld-on heim joints. 1/2" is what i'm looking for to custom fab some swaybar d/c's..... found some @ McMaster-Carr, but i was wondering if anybody else makes them?

[barillms]

Heims are all threaded. Just get threaded ones and use them, you can butt weld them to the end of your material, then put a sleeve over top the threads and the junction, and weld the sleeve in place.
Seems like alot of trouble, Discos aren't that expensive. I'd just buy some.

[terryd]

using the jolints i found at McMaster-Carr, i can build a set for about $40...using the original swaybar link, sawing the pin off the top and the eye off the bottom, welding on the joints, and cutting down and threading a set of hitch pins for the lower mountin point, then use a piece of 2x2 box w/ the bottom sawed out for the mount to the s/b...

[Goatman]

Sounds complicated.

I made some using 1/2" female heim joints and 1/2" all thread rod, pretty simple. Lower mount is a pin. Upper mount is a U shaped section of tubing for the heim to mount is, welded at the bottom of the stock threads, then mounted to the sway bar with a couple of washers and a 10mm wing nut.

You can also just weld in a section to make the stock links longer, use a pin on the bottom and a 10 mm wing nut on top, very simple, and quick and easy to remove and install.

Here's a pic of my links.......
http://fototime.com/1BBA63C8763BF88/standard.jpg

[terryd]

could you give me a better pic of the lower mount? my jeep only has one flange, with the lower piece bolted on, i would like to see how you made the 2nd plate??