At 09:33 AM 3/3/00 -0500, Westerdale, Bob wrote:
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>Originality Police please disregard this note!
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>I suspect that most of us with higher mileage vehicles have had these darn
>things fall off or otherwise misbehave. McMaster-Carr ( probably others )
>(NFI) sells very nice ball joint rod ends, in many forms, that would appear
>to be quite adaptable to this application. They are probably lower
>friction, definitely better engineered, and less likely to fail during high
>speed pursuits, with the prerequisite throttle mashing, etc... has anyone
>tried this approach?
Hi Bob... The TR4A racecar I have is set up that way. All of the original
linkage ends have been replaced with rod ends. Obviously work quite well,
and doesn't look out of place either, at least to me.
Also, thanks for the V8 info.
Don
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