SH drop link advisory on MOT

[Barreti]

My front nearside Steve Heath ARB Droplink was an advisory for wear at todays MOT - with wear on the bottom rose joint.
Normally I'd contact Steve, but I understand he's given up the business in favour of stimulating his grey cells with books.

What are my options?
I guess I could just replace the bottom rose joint but where from?

Thanks
IanB

Edited by Barreti on Friday 20th July 17:24

[clive f]

hi Ian, try RS Components.

[jagracer]

If it's an advisory it's not urgent but all you need do is get the size of it and buy one from someone like Rally Design or Burton Engineering etc.

[NTEL]

I only use this company

http://www.mcgillmotorsports.co.uk/index.php?act=v...

Their Ultra High performance units are really good. Used them on both my race cars and never had one fail. Cheap as chips too!

[scotty_d]

Bin rose joints and go back to OEM there fine for road and track day stuff tbh.

[pmessling]

I rebuilt my fronts whilst i had the suspension apart again.

The rose joints where seized solid. Not that old, but open to the elements.

I brought the new from mcgill motorsports, plus boots to cover them up. No movement in them at all, smooth operation, compared to the original ones even when new.

One was seized into the bar, so machined it out.









Got to do there rears at some points, checked when changing the brake hoses and they are not in a good state, although movable.

[peteA]

Top job! The boots seem like a good idea too.

[Barreti]

Thanks for the replies guys. It looks like I'm going to be giving McGill Motorsports some beer tokens in exchange for their drop links and rubber boots.

I apologise if this is a dim question but with descriptions like [3/8" x 7/16" UNF Ultra High Performance/Ultra High Strength ,PTFE/Kevlar Lined, MALE (LEFT HAND THREAD) ROD END JOINTS] how do I measure mine so be sure I get the right ones?

[jagracer]

Barreti said:

Thanks for the replies guys. It looks like I'm going to be giving McGill Motorsports some beer tokens in exchange for their drop links and rubber boots.

I apologise if this is a dim question but with descriptions like [3/8" x 7/16" UNF Ultra High Performance/Ultra High Strength ,PTFE/Kevlar Lined, MALE (LEFT HAND THREAD) ROD END JOINTS] how do I measure mine so be sure I get the right ones?

Measure the diameter of the rod and the hole, you just have to work out if they are metric or UNF which you can tell by the threads. Metric will be a coarse thread UNF is a lot finer, the ones in the photos above look like metric. Off hand I can't remember the tpi for UNF but a google search will tell you, metric is measured by the distance for each thread.

[Barreti]

Ah, right. So the two measurements are rod diameter and hole diameter.
Should have guessed but I'm sure I'm getting senile.

I start work at an engineering company on Wednesday, so I guess giving one of the guys in the shop the drop link and asking them what are the correct sizes for replacing the rod ends will be the best route.
Senile I may be. Thick I'm not

[shpub]

M10 metric ptfe/kevlar lined

[Barreti]

What are you doing on here?
Get back into the cupboard with a cup of tea and a headtorch.
(see what us uneducated ones think you're doing now!)

Thanks for the information Steve. Much appreciated.

[jagracer]

Barreti said:

Ah, right. So the two measurements are rod diameter and hole diameter.
Should have guessed but I'm sure I'm getting senile.

I start work at an engineering company on Wednesday, so I guess giving one of the guys in the shop the drop link and asking them what are the correct sizes for replacing the rod ends will be the best route.
Senile I may be. Thick I'm not

Sounds like a good plan

[pmessling]

Had i put boots on originally Steve's version would have still been going strong.

[Hoover.]

Was about to say drop SH an email I'm sure he'll help you out, as he is an all round good egg with a passion for the marque,,,,, but I see he has allready replied

love the TVR worlds commradarier its magic

[longbow]

Can some one please clarify the thread orientation required? I have just gone to order some bearing from the SH website and seen that it is now closed :-( The front drivers side upper bearing has some play, and its on a Cerbera. Found the M10 on McGill's website, so just need to know if its a left or right handed thread. Cheers!