sand rail design

[Baloo]

what size rose joints are you boys using

I was thinking of 20mm which is 3/4" in your money

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/POS20-20mm-Male-Rose-Joint-Rod-End-Bearing-M20-Right-Hand-RVH/272224293735?epid=590201484&hash=item3f61d51367:g:XAAAAOSwCkZZQlx6:rk:12:pf:0

is that to big ?

[dsrace]

i used to but i do have 2 pair left. so i have unused blamks plus the laser cut 1 piece tabs or for a special christmas offer i have a pair of used ones that came off my sand rail when it was a 6 link. i know you could modify them for your use and you pay the shipping and it'll only cost you 1 uk pound mailed to me to hang on my wall.

[dsrace]

used ones, as a special bonus they come with caked on little sahara sand.

[dsrace]

working on more front end kit spindles. the stubs thread in then get welded on both sides. doug heim idea and damn good one.

[dsrace]

what size rose joints are you boys using

I was thinking of 20mm which is 3/4" in your money

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/POS20-20mm-Male-Rose-Joint-Rod-End-Bearing-M20-Right-Hand-RVH/272224293735?epid=590201484&hash=item3f61d51367:g:XAAAAOSwCkZZQlx6:rk:12:pf:0

is that to big ?

i use 3/4" on my rears and 5/8" on my front  a arms, both chromolly.

[Baloo]

used ones, as a special bonus they come with caked on little sahara sand.

well they certainly look robust enough,  let me go measure my hubs to see if they will fit , what size rose joints did you  use  since i would need to use the same

[dsrace]

well there selling beach buggies over there so you must have sand 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vw-beach-buggy-classic-vw-buggy-vw-beetle/264036554399?hash=item3d79ce169f:g:AG8AAOSwIUpbyxya:rk:2:pf:0

[dsrace]

used ones, as a special bonus they come with caked on little sahara sand.


well they certainly look robust enough,  let me go measure my hubs to see if they will fit , what size rose joints did you  use  since i would need to use the same

i used 5/8" heim joints with high misalignment spacers that reduce down to a 1/2" bolt. 

[dsrace]

I agree that's what I figured 4" of travel on a good day
anyway lets forget  about that and move onto something with 12" of travel


and it was these hubs I was thinking about



, do you sell them and any idea about cost of shipping to uk ?  think it will be prohibitively  expensive,   and my hubs will have different bolt spacing as well

in this picture you can see the high misalignment spacers that go into the heims. 1 heim has them in it and the others were just floating to check spacing.

[dsrace]

you may have to weld a reducer plate in for your wheel bearings.

[Baloo]

you may have to weld a reducer plate in for your wheel bearings.

will let you know tomorrow but would still be cheaper than starting from scratch depending on shipping

[Baloo]

working on more front end kit spindles. the stubs thread in then get welded on both sides. doug heim idea and damn good one.

if they are threaded in and welded  both sides I would imagine a nuclear explosion wouldn't persuade them out, good call

[dsrace]

lol ya it's a nice safety net lol


i sent you a pm with some info of a source over there on your side of the pond for spacers and heims.

[Baloo]

lol ya it's a nice safety net lol


i sent you a pm with some info of a source over there on your side of the pond for spacers and heims.

got it thanks

[Baloo]

what's the distance between the top and bottom bolt holes and what size wheels are you using ?