Bryan Pearce used rubber bushings to isolate his HEIM joints from the rest of the frame. They were smooth and quiet enough for Houston to put underneath their $45,000 rebuilds. Bill Robertson #5939 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Michael Griese <mike.griese@...> wrote: > > Expense and Noise, Vibration and Harshness reasons. You see Heim joints on > racecars because nobody cares about NVH. Heim joints are expensive, they wear > out a lot faster than a block of rubber, and they are very good at transmitting > every bump into their mount points. > > > -- > Mike > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Farrar Hudkins <fhudkins@...> > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wed, February 8, 2012 10:11:27 AM > Subject: Re: [DML] Re: Modified Trailing Arms For 1/2" Bolts > > > Bill, > > Yes, and from what I have read of MIL-spec ball joints, items are available > today which would more than adequately perform the necessary task. My > question is if anyone knew why the original designers decided *against* > such a setup. I don't have a lot of the literature that folks like you and > David T have to go looking for answers in the past, so I was hoping someone > knew and could answer it here. > > Thanks for the picture. I will save that for reference. :-) > > Farrar Hudkins > #2613 > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:03 AM, content22207 <brobertson@...>wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > Bryan used them: > >http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/428768_329106420467948_100001057778755_992429_1497988409_n.jpg > >g > > > > Bill Robertson > > #5939 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/