DeTomaso Mailing List: January 98, Message #9
     



From: 	JDeRyke <JDeRyke@aol.com>

Subject: Re:  "Hall Spherical Bearings"

Date: 	Thu, 1 Jan 1998 18:38:26 +0000



NOTE: SCARY ENGINEERING TERMS FOLLOW! Delete if you're a technophobe.

Spherical bearings are simply the inner section of what's inside a rod end. It

is a bushing ass'y that tolerates maybe 20 degrees of misalignment. The

swaybars swing straight up & down but the a-arms they push against swing

sideways relative to the bars, so you need either compliant rubber/urethane

bushings to accomodate the large misalignments, or a spherical bearing at each

a-arm end of the bars. Our swaybars are simple bent bar stock so the ends may

not be round enough to accept spherical bearings directly, requiring a holder.

Since you need some kind of holder for the bearing, sometimes they are made so

you can adjust bar preload, too. Handy if you have a 'slightly' tweeked

chassis...  J DeRyke