hemi links

[cuznjohn]

i just got off the phone with my dealer, it took him 2 weeks to get new ball joints and some other plastic parts that were missing. so when he told me last week that the parts are in he never mentioned the hemi joints so i just asked him and he said, we have them in stock so when we chance the ball joints we will inspect and replace if needed. if companies know by Vin numbers what your bike will need than why not just tell us because if you don't ask you don't get

 

[SpyderAnn01]

You can look at the heim joints to see if you need the new ones. They are pretty easy to see.

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: Lamont posted which ones need to be carelully looked over...
I think it was the ones with the number "4" on them... (I think!)
Just order the ones from BajaRon; they're pricier; but you get a lot for that money! :thumbup:

 

[cuznjohn]

links

i am going to look later to hot out there for me now i am old and broken down, but i did see his post on them

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Can't you find a grandkid, that you can bribe with ice cream?

 

[BajaRon]

:shocked: Can't you find a grandkid, that you can bribe with ice cream?

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: If she gets all of that down; she ain't crawling under a bike! :barf:

 

[flamingobabe]

I'm old and blind...I could not read the black on black number....so I took a picture to see the number.....one of mine #4 no orange dot = recall....the other #2 = OK...I sent Baja Ron $$$ fro 2 new links and a sway bar...Mark will already be down there so sway bar too:dg2::dg1::dg2:

 

[cuznjohn]

hemi

i just got out from under the bike and no dots only the ones in front of my eyes from getting up, other than that the number looked like a 2

 

[Bob Denman]

You, your dots, and your bike are in good shape! :thumbup:

 

[Chupaca]

Bummer..!!

it's a shame you have to do it yourself, but like you learned before you got spots before your eyes, if you want it done right do it yourself..now you can relax and eat the ice cream yourself...:roflblack:

 

[reverendg]

I like ice cream!!! I like my Bajaron heim joints too, even though I didn't need them.

 

[BajaRon]

History of the "Heim" Joint, or more appropriately, the 'Spherical Rod End'

World War II produced many inventions, many of which are still with us today. When allied forces shot down their first German planes they discovered a strange and unique looking device pioneered by German aircraft designer, Messerschmidt… the now famous Spherical Rod End!

A single United States firm, the H.G. Heim company, was awarded an exclusive contract to duplicate this new joint, and was granted all U.S. patents to this device. Still, to this day the Spherical Rod End retains the nickname, "Heim Joint" because of this. When the Korean War was finally over, the surplus aircraft parts market literally took to the sky and numerous variations of rod end sources became available at a faction of their original cost when produced by the H.G. Heim company.

Up until then most rod ends were designed for aircraft and were simply not up to the much more demanding task of handling the forces that suspension links for race cars required. Economical, high quality rod ends did not appear until the late 1970's where they were produced by a Japanese company called N.M.B., which the U.S. government caught selling below cost into the U.S. market. N.M.B. then purchased a U.S. company, N.H.B.B. (New Hampshire Ball Bearing) in order to maintain a presence in the US marketplace. They continue to make aircraft-quality rod ends today.
So, there you have it! Tune in tomorrow for another interesting history lesson which will answer the question; 'Where did this thing come from?'. hyea:

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Is there going to be a quiz at the end of class? :shocked: