Lets talk about heims

[Sharpe]

I am searching for little heims to make some t-case shifters for pigpen but dont know jack crap about them. Any gurus wanna share some info?

[uglyota]

don't those shifters usually use something like this?
http://www.mcmaster.com/param/images/RodEnds/ItemDetailClevisEasyAdapt.gif

[agjohn02]

look at andy's shifters on his scout. i think he's got em. lemme se if i can source where we got them for the racecar.

[agjohn02]

aircraft spruce

they call them what everyone except off-roaders call them... rod ends.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/an486.php

[agjohn02]

ah yes, aka spherical bearings as well

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/ap/bearings.html

[BMFScout]

that is what I was thinking too, but I figured they would be expensive

[Sharpe]

Well so far McMaster seems to have the cheapest ones. Since they are just going to be used on shifters, I would think aluminum would be strong enough. The aluminum ones are cheaper too. Here are pics of what I'm thinking of.

[agjohn02]

andy's

http://www.offroadrepublic.com/gallery/albums/album46/aai.sized.jpg

[BMFScout]

take a look a kopecki's, not to beat a dead horse, but did you try purvis?

[Shaggy]

my shifter should be here before long... you can take a look at it firsthand

[agjohn02]

hey, i just thought of somewhere that might have them locally. they carry lots of bearings and stuff. its over there by cooks napa in bryan. i think its called purvis bearing.

[CheapJeep]

Smiley's has em' in all sizes you could imagine. I could pick them up for you whenever I go home again sometime this week.

[Sharpe]

Ok ok I'll check Purvis. I was busy during what I figured were their business hours today so I didnt have a chance to call.

[CRaSHnBuRN]

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/xq/aspx/display_id.62/qx/Product.htm

[Sharpe]

Oh yah I forgot about speedway. Speedway jumps into the lead at $8 each.

[Sharpe]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8032110227&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

Swweeeet. Now I gotta shell out for one more...