Sherical bearings in trailing arms (was urethane)

[SHartDP@xxxxxxx]

Dana, I am curios to know more about your setup.  Did you press a sherical bearing into the stock end of the trailing arm, weld a cup to retain a sperical bearing with misalignment spacers (this setup is commonly referred to as a "uniball" in off road) to the end of the stock arm, or is it a heim type setup?  Also, are you using teflon lined bearings or not?  I know that the sperical bearings tend to wear out fairly quickly in street use and will tend to "clack" or make noise as the ball becomes looser in it's mounting area.  

Steve Hartman
71 GTV Euro - (sold??)
72 GTV - resto Project
89 Ford ranger (at least the cab is) - off road race truck
89 Honda Civic SI - rice box daily driver 

In a message dated 5/21/2003 9:00:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

> I'm surprised by this.  My '71 GTV vintage race car has metal bushings at both ends of the trailing arms.  They have sperical joints to allow a full range of movement, but no longitudinal compliance at all.  
> 
> This isn't a setup that would be satisfactory on the street: at low speeds around the paddock, the metal joints are noisy and transmit every bump.  I'm not aware of any harshness on 
> the track, however.
> 
> Dana Loomis
> NC USA
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