Heim Link Maneuver & I hope it doesn't Break Upgrade

[rebelz]

Originally Posted by jonszr1

knowing what happened to me i had to give ya the heads up. you will love the guldstrand stuff . where did you find the boots for the heim joints . i have another setup i am putting on my black z and the boots might be cheaper than buying all new sealed heims .

I found several... I'm checking out "Seals-it Rod End Seals" which I've found at Summit Racing. They look like they may work if I can find the right sizes for the Heim Joints supplied with the Guldstrand kits. I'm also checking with Guldstrand for their take on this.
Rich

[tomtom72]

I gotta say Thanks to Brad and you Rich for posting up this stuff. I just learned something about Heim joints......I just figured that they came with covers, it made sense in my squash, why wouldn't a ball & socket joint come with a cover to protect it?

I'm gonna file that one away for suspension part 1.05, that was gonna be the point that I got frustrated with my OE type s-bar end links.

Thanks guys!

[jonszr1]

i agree . one would think that the price that they get for it you might get covers . it is neat stuff though and dick g. is a heck of a nice guy allways has time for everyone .1400 for all the rear end suspension stuff here is the list of what i got and price poly bushings for diff 39.95 heim jointed trailing links 399.95, h.d. rear toe kit 359.95 camber rod kit 279 .95. rear sway bar heim jointed end links 199.95shipping 30.00 tax 105.58 for a total of 1415.33

[rebelz]

Originally Posted by jonszr1

i agree . one would think that the price that they get for it you might get covers . it is neat stuff though and dick g. is a heck of a nice guy allways has time for everyone .1400 for all the rear end suspension stuff here is the list of what i got and price poly bushings for diff 39.95 heim jointed trailing links 399.95, h.d. rear toe kit 359.95 camber rod kit 279 .95. rear sway bar heim jointed end links 199.95shipping 30.00 tax 105.58 for a total of 1415.33

Brad and Tom
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Rich

[rebelz]

Craig Hurst of Guldstrand Motorsports responded to my wear inquiry. He said that they have them on a daily driver, that is driven in all types of weather and they haven't experienced any problems. He also said that there had been no problems reported. The jury is still out on this one for me. From a Google search on a non Corvette forum someone said that boots just held the dirt in and made wear worse. That would imply that the ones they used didn't seal very well. I have more time before build time. I'll continue digging.
Rich

[tomtom72]

Interesting. Yes, it would imply that the design of the "boots" was inadequate or at least a home made answer with no testing. I'd be paranoid if I "cobbled" together something and didn't test it. A bit of a PIA, driving around town & going back to the barn, up on jack stands and take the "boot" apart & look what got into it.....much dedication would be in order, or one might need to be OCD...

Or what Craig Hurst says is simply the truth.

[rebelz]

I have CDO which is similar to OCD only arranged in the correct alphabetical order.
Rich

[tomtom72]

WOW Rich, you have CDO!

Collateralized
Debt
Obligation

Dude! Me, I just think Toys 'r' Us is spelled correctly.....it's the damn keyboard that has it wrong.