Rod End Question...

[94Dodge Truggy]

Originally Posted by humpy

i been runnin qa1 heims for a couple years now with some hard beatin and never had a problem...i think its a wash...heims all the way...if your doin both ends thats like 700-800 in joints to save a $240 shock???? does not make sense to me...especially never having a problem with them...

It was a 500.00 shock. Coilovers run much higher than that. It may be a carWASH though.

[carwash]

I enjoy peace of mind when wheeling... i try to get rid of every possible break point. But, i speak from experience on the shock getting wasted. I don't recall who was at the badlands on that one... but i had a heim break and folded a swayawy coilover damn near in half.

Now, they were cheaper heims, i was young and retarded.. but i really dig the johnnies now. I guess it's run what you know... I would run some fat ass heims on a rig... they just get noisy too...

Both are good, just giving my reasons for why i run what i do.

[yellowjacket]

used to see ALL KINDS of rigs with tractor heims on the trail. pull up a seat, grab a drink, and watch the carnage... cause you just knew they put that much peace of mind into the rest of there truck, too.

[humpy]

Originally Posted by carwash

I enjoy peace of mind when wheeling... i try to get rid of every possible break point. But, i speak from experience on the shock getting wasted. I don't recall who was at the badlands on that one... but i had a heim break and folded a swayawy coilover damn near in half.

Now, they were cheaper heims, i was young and retarded.. but i really dig the johnnies now. I guess it's run what you know... I would run some fat ass heims on a rig... they just get noisy too...

Both are good, just giving my reasons for why i run what i do.

i understand....was not a shot in any way...just sharing what i have in my very limited knowledge lol

[biggin69]

What about JJ's on the lowers and hiems on the uppers?

[jwend]

Imho, I think that any loss on the trail to a part that cost a little less than a part that almost completely eliminates the chance of a brake is kinda silly, for a little more money to buy the superior part and know you are good is worth alot of money to me. Think you waste one part you had the money to buy the jj's. I dont know about you but I drive a good ways to go wheeling and if i drove 4 or 6 hours to ride took the rig out for a little and broke wasting a shock and god knows what else to turn around and come home I would be pissed at myself for not spending a little more. I know it prob doesn't mean much but thats my thought.

[Redriverranger]

I like Currie johnny joints. I am not a big fan of some of the other look-alikes. I also run the trail gear joints, but think they loosened up a bit. The curries will survive for a long time. I also run heims. I broke one on a trac bar once, and one on a front control arm. The control arm one caused some other damage. After that point, I only buy very strong heims. A little extra expense for good joints with a very high static load rating is worth hundreds to me. My point is, either johnnies or heims are fine, just don't skimp on either. The lowers in my opinion should never have smaller than a 1" shank. 3/4" shank is fine for uppers. I run a mixture of 1 1/4" and 1" shank lowers, 1" shank uppers.

[carwash]

I have heard very bad things from quite a few peeps about the trail gear joints loosening up almost immediately. Noisy as hell and slacky slop in them.

I agree whole heartedly, whatever you go with, don't skimp.

[carwash]

That's a good option.... the uppers see a lot less lateral stress, it's more linear, as they dont come in contact much with the rocks, etc.

But I would still get good heims for your uppers, don't do some $15 jobs... you will be sorry.