Just wanted thoughts on this. To me it seems like most of the adjustable end links on the market are a somewhat flawed design. A more stock-like design that captures both sides of the sway bar bushing would be better, like I have sketched below. If you want Heim joints, there should be one in the end link, and one in the sway bar end (not 2 Heim joints in the end link).

This design would allow the end link to sit closer to vertical with respect to a vertical plane through the center of the rear left and right wheels. The Heim joint in the sway bar end would also allow the end link to rotate sideways as the LCA moves through its arc of motion without binding up, without the use of a ton of spacers and washers that put the end link somewhat far away from the end of the sway bar and the LCA.

What does everyone think? Now if only I could make something like this myself and sell it.

 

Nice design. You should proto a set and run the suspension through its travel and see if your theory holds.

 

wish I could, if I had the means to produce such a thing.

 

That looks like a best of both worlds kind of thing which seems like it would work great.

What sort of material would you use like a high grade steel?

 

Well it would need to be something that doesn't rust... could be painted steel I guess, like stock parts. I think most aftermarket adjustable end links are aluminum, which would work I suppose if it's beefy enough. If it's too small then it will be weak.

Stainless steel would be neat, but expensive I'm sure.

 

So the LCA side of the endlink is held in single tension, while the ARB side captures the ARB (which has a heim integrated).

Replacing the bushing/heim join in the ARB itself will be more problematic than just replacing the endlink, once its past its useful lifespan.

I don't see how this gains anything over the Comptech setup. A U channel is bolted to the LCA, which fully captures the heim join (like you have the endlink itself doing), the endlink is threaded and length adjustable (like you have pictured), and the ARB side of the endlink is held in single tension.

Interesting idea, but I think you just increased the cost of the wear item (endlink and heim joints) for no real gain (or I'm misunderstanding the issue you're trying to correct).

 

McMasterCarr sells different kinds of these:
Ball Joint Rod Ends


As well as these:
Clevis Rod Ends


With a little bit of research you might just find all the pieces you need to make it work.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TunerN00b &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So the LCA side of the endlink is held in single tension, while the ARB side captures the ARB (which has a heim integrated).

Replacing the bushing/heim join in the ARB itself will be more problematic than just replacing the endlink, once its past its useful lifespan.

I don't see how this gains anything over the Comptech setup. A U channel is bolted to the LCA, which fully captures the heim join (like you have the endlink itself doing), the endlink is threaded and length adjustable (like you have pictured), and the ARB side of the endlink is held in single tension.

Interesting idea, but I think you just increased the cost of the wear item (endlink and heim joints) for no real gain (or I'm misunderstanding the issue you're trying to correct).</TD></TR></TABLE>

well I'm not really familiar w/ the Comptech end links. The purpose of my idea is to allow the use of aftermarket LCA's with the sway bar hole in the wrong place (most of them), without having to use tons of spacers and washers to make the end links bolt up correctly. This, in my mind, is a stronger way to attach the end link to the ARB end (more like stock), instead of the end link just sitting on one side of the ARB end, with spacers and washers in between.

 

This looks like something I would have fabbed up myself. Keep in mind that each of those spherical bearings is going to cost about $15-20

 

this looks like a great idea you should run this by charleston from ASR

as I stated before I would highly suggest Aurora Sphericals... I got a good price on mine from a company called BSR

I will bring mine to work tomorrow & take some pics