airframefixer wrote:
apparently rod ends are not permitted to be used on vehicles in BC, canada, my front lower attach point will be a bushing, i was hoping to use a poly graphite version of the triumph's. however that bushing approx 1 7/16 long. would it be frowned upon to cut the back of the inboard rectangular section at 30 degree or so angle and cap it off, to taper the section width down to roughly 1inch so that a triumph bushing can be used. or would it be wiser to make a sleeve slightly wider than the rectangular tube and make a bushing from nylon.
points, counter points, anyone.
Can you make the mount so that you can retrofit rod ends later?
It is a fairly common suspension joint on aftermarket 4x4 suspensions. Just trolling bc4x4.com should make that apparent. IIRC Breeze Industries on the mainland even makes a steering kit for Suzukis that uses rod ends as an option. When I ordered mine way back when I spec'ed TREs though...
Get past the certification process with regular bushes and then retrofit what you want.
Alternatively, any production cars out there that use something "middle of the road" that may meet your compliance requirement and still pass BC road regs?
Just some thoughts on a different vector from your query.