I am thinking about building a set of long bars for my black terd. Just wondering what size i should go with 3/4 or 5/8???

 

I've been told "3/4 heim will take some ****" , and that's coming from a guy i know who uses heim joints on everything.. (He's a dirt track racer)

 

When all else fails, go with the larger one.

 

Sharpshooter and I went with 3/4" when we built ours.

 

3/4 heims are strong. That's what I used on my traction bars on my truck and both trailing arms, 3rd link and panhard bar on my race car use 3/4 heims.. Back in 05 I got put into where the wall start sideways at 90+mph and ripped the rear end out of my car and every heim and swedged tube was perfectly fine, its just ripped the brackets off the rearend..

 

Just go 3/4".. never hurts to overkill.

even on the lower end economy rod ends your looking at 3000-4000# more on the static load rating goin from 5/8 to 3/4

 

I used 3/4 heims on my long bars... just need to finish them!

 

So do i need the value kind or the Chromoly Teflon Kevlar?

Value - $9.00ea
QS Components Inc. Quality Racing Rod End & Components


OR

Chromoly Teflon Kevlar - $21.00ea
QS Components Inc. Quality Racing Rod End & Components

 

Mine are the cheap kind...for what your wanting to do with them the cheap ones should be fine. If you had a lot of movement I'd go with the teflon

 

Sweet, thanks for the advice!