RE: [DML] Additional Photos of Bryan Pearce's HEIM Trailing Arm Joints

["Jon Heese" <jonheese@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's a heim joint...  If you're not familiar with heim joints, think of it as a ball bearing that someone bored a hole through the middle, and then shoved into the eye of a very large sewing needle.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_end_bearing <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_end_bearing> 
 
Regards,
Jon Heese

________________________________

From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Farrar Hudkins
Sent: Wed 2/8/2012 11:04 AM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DML] Additional Photos of Bryan Pearce's HEIM Trailing Arm Joints



Are those ball bearings on either side of the ball joint?

Farrar Hudkins
#2613

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:10 AM, content22207 <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> **
>
>
> Trailing arms like this could be manufactured as bolt on replacements for
> otherwise stock frames (use the original bushing weld nuts to hold plates
> with studs for the HEIM joints):
>
> http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/421043_329108313801092_100001057778755_992432_1785496286_n.jpg
>
> http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/418573_329108273801096_100001057778755_992431_1337652142_n.jpg
>
>


[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








[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/