Some strut bushing info

72bluNblu said
Right?! :thumbsup:

The LCA travels in an arc and the strut rod is attached at an angle to it and also travels in an arc. So 90° to what now? They sit at an angle so the end rides through the middle of the range of misalignment from the top of the travel to the bottom. Hook 'em up like you describe and they won't last the 70k+ miles the ones on my challenger have done. They still look brand new too, nice and tight.

And just like OMM. Massively insecure personality, immediately resorts to name calling when questioned, incapable of logical discussion. It's pretty clear why you work in a second rate contracted brake R&D shop that just cycles the parts they get from GM on a test fixture and reports back. Not even your shop. After 30 years any engineer worth his salt should be running a shop of that caliber, not working under the engineers that do.

They aren't called Heim's, because that's a vendor name. Just like you wouldn't call phenolic by Synthane. Maybe we should call them QA1's because they make the best ones. It's your logic? One guy I work with calls them Heimi's when we test for Chrysler.

Actually... you didn't have them installed right on your Challenger, then you got into all pissy & bitchy with your panties in a bunch when I responded to your numerous posts on FAO and FEO, the ones where you were telling the world that Hotchkis sold you junk and they were worn out in 7,000 miles. Crying, lots of crying until Hotchkis just gave you a set because you were ruining their business and our hobby. You didn't know how to install them correctly, you even provided pictures to that fact. ( But let's all wait now for your snarky come back about how something that has various names, that you can't accept because of your princess title ).

I never did thank you by the way. They were doing a Power Point presentation at work about problems and solutions. We had to show what happens when you install a spherical rod end beyond the "Swivel" specs of a manufacturer. The only place I could find an example of some idiot installing them incorrectly and not trying to hold 90 degrees between the axis on the ball and the threaded rod end was your pics that you posted all over the internet...

Long story short. I got a raise for all my help ( copy and pasted your pics in my email ). But, I really needed to thank you for posting those pics. I owe you a beer... or a Zima or whatever you fruits in California drink. ( Can you drink liquids out there? Or do you have to use them to put out your state which is always on fire ).

Sorry to bother you, it must be rough not knowing how to put out a fire and be employed as a firefighter. Couple that with forgetting your purse in your house when you stormed out to your car that takes you 4 hours to start.