| RE:Where to get heim rod ends? |
Subject: RE:Where to get heim rod ends? by CentralCoaster on 2008/2/8 1:59:30 Here's what I mean by not in shear. I exaggerated the slop between the bolt and sleeve. [web]http://webpages.charter.net/khasting/images/notshear.GIF[/web] The shear load is carried by the clamping force of the blue carrier and the red sleeve where the arrows are. The bolt is in pure tension. Even with one mounting ear on the blue, it'd put very little shear on the bolt. Whether or not this is actually occuring depends on your bolt load and the tolerance of the parts. But it doesn't make sense that you'd want the rod end/sleeve combo impacting against the side of the bolt every time load changed direction. A tighter fit is better obviously. |
