- Location
- Billings MT/Rapid City SD
Look down farther, the pictures there show a spherical bearing being used, but it's attached to a shank still? Yeah ideally you should not run a rod end or threaded shank in shear but with the square bolt clamp it should keep the shank from bending. We use Jam nuts and as long as they are tight the shanks don't bend. Load capability of rod ends is usually in reference to the ball and race not the shank iirc. The shank would be easy to figure though it's just a bending moment. ~30.8kipsGoatman said:I'd like it better if it was a uniball. I have no idea what experience racers have had using a rod end in that configuration. I can say that a 1.25" chromo rod end has a monster load capacity, but that load seems to be against the shaft/threads of the joint. I don't know what the load is.
We can't see a pic, what does it use on the bottom?
However a spherical bearing that is built into the arm or spindle in this case would be stronger as you have more cross area to transfer the stresses.
While it's a neat idea, I'm not sure I see the need to an adjustable spindle in that direction as it looks like it would adjust your camber and castor. Usually you only need to adjust camber and even then once you get it dialed in, it doesn't get changed so why make it adjustable?
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