All that cleaning then a cross country road trip? Sick, sick man.

 

Nice work, gents!

 

Oh no, not another DIY to add to the list! At least this one I will have to commit by removing the old rod first for exchange.

 

Tim, think man. You come down here, we load the Dung Beetle into your Pete, then we roll over to Fister's!!

Cactus will pay for fuel.


Andreas

 

Who's paying for my ticket?

 

Let's see, ~7000 miles roundtrip, 5 - 5.5MPG(US)...............Hmmmmm.


Darin, PM sent.

 

I can see this happening but I'm flying dawg!

 

At some point in 2007 I was gathering parts to start this very mod, I still have a stockpile of Apepx joints, simply the best U-joint on the market.

 

Chris, they beat you to it. Your version could be the "WalROD" instead of the Golden Rod.

 

Yes, they are nice!
I have a couple and was going to make some with it but decided not to for a few reasons:
- Welding would melt the silicone boot and grease under it (yes, could use a pin to conn to rod)
- Existing dust boot protects the non-sealed joint well
- Cost over 2x as much
- This joint moves so little it could not be felt over the non-sealed

All of that said, I am still probably going use an Apex for mine... just because I am a mechanical parts geek at heart and just can't stand not to.
Is there such a thing as a parts geek?

 

You can weld to them, we do it all of the time. Just gotta keep the silicone boot cool. We weld to both ends of them without any troubles.

Here is a shoddy image of one as used in our steering:

 

Awesome!

 

Ice? (kidding)

What size is the joint in the pic?

 

its been so long since I specified them, but I recall them being 5/8" (.625"). I will measure them at home later tonight.

 

ah, no... not the joints you have. Sorry, I meant the steering joints used in Swift car
They are larger.