 |
|
08-13-2007, 06:39 AM
|
 |
Administrator
|
|
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 3,836
|
|
The size of bolt #43 will tell you what the bore of the Heim is. #44 is the Heim itself but knowing what that #33 Jam Nut is will tell the rest of the story.
|
08-14-2007, 10:36 PM
|
 |
Yellow Group
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Montreal, QC
Posts: 221
|
|
Just listening to my gut, but that rod end should have M12 threads and M10 bore. There's a lot more stress on the threads in tension/compression than a bolt in double shear.
__________________
97 Jetta TD daily
97 Jetta GT toy
|
08-15-2007, 05:02 AM
|
 |
Super Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 1,448
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Andris
Just listening to my gut, but that rod end should have M12 threads and M10 bore. There's a lot more stress on the threads in tension/compression than a bolt in double shear.
|
Give that man a cigar!  Trouble is, I can't seem to find anyone that sells a 10 mm bore, M12 x 1.25 LH threaded rod end. 
__________________
"Driving involves 3 basic abilities: Accelerating, braking and turning. More power will only help acceleration. Lower weight helps all three."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
08-15-2007, 05:16 AM
|
|
Administrator
|
|
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 3,836
|
|
A common "trick" is to use a bushing in a larger Heim "eye" to reduce it. These are commonly available for SAE sizes, I'll look for a Metric one for you.
|
08-15-2007, 05:52 AM
|
|
Administrator
|
|
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 3,836
|
|
|
08-15-2007, 06:22 AM
|
|
Super Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 1,448
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by JimLill
|
Guess I'm not seeing them ? I just see SAE, no metric.
__________________
"Driving involves 3 basic abilities: Accelerating, braking and turning. More power will only help acceleration. Lower weight helps all three."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
08-15-2007, 06:34 AM
|
|
Administrator
|
|
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 3,836
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Conan
Guess I'm not seeing them ? I just see SAE, no metric.
|
The dims are in inches but this is a 12X10
HMBZC-12-10
|
08-15-2007, 10:32 AM
|
|
Administrator
|
|
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 3,836
|
|
|
08-15-2007, 10:37 AM
|
|
Super Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 1,448
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by JimLill
|
cool. so I could get the typical 12 bore/M12 threaded rod end and use that as an adapter? Would that work? And would it be strong enough? I would think the 2mm thickness might crack under load.
__________________
"Driving involves 3 basic abilities: Accelerating, braking and turning. More power will only help acceleration. Lower weight helps all three."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
08-27-2007, 09:36 AM
|
|
Super Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 1,448
|
|
Ok, I got the joint apart yesterday and here's what I found:
Heim condition -- Seems good other than the rubber seals falling off. According to other Lotus owners, this is from excessive heat coming from the exhaust. Also, the race is made from plastic so I'd still like to find a different solution before they melt.
Bolt condition -- This is the shocker. It's a grade 10.9 metric bolt, which means it should stand up to 142,000 psi and it's bent.  That's just amazing to me. So I'd like to find a bolt that has more strength. Some internet searches suggest there are quite a few alloys out there that will work (Inconel 625, AISI 4130, et. al.) but I'm really out of my element here. Some of you folks are in the fabrication biz and might know what would be best and how I can get my hands on some??
There is a full package solution from Sector111, but it's $500. Since I already have the factory brace installed, I'd rather not have to buy that.
__________________
"Driving involves 3 basic abilities: Accelerating, braking and turning. More power will only help acceleration. Lower weight helps all three."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:41 AM.
|
|
