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rose joints - cost and issues on road car?
MikeR - 8/6/08 at 05:53 PM

keep thinking of putting rose joints on the trailing links on the road car.

I'm thinking of this cause it means i can be sure my trailing arms are the exact length.

So, where's a good place to buy them?
what size would you recommend (i've got 1/2" by 1/2" on my panhard rod).

and, i worry about stories of rose joints failing - how much should i worry on a live axle / de-dion road car trailing arms?

RazMan - 8/6/08 at 06:02 PM

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Originally posted by MikeR
and, i worry about stories of rose joints failing - how much should i worry on a live axle / de-dion road car trailing arms?


You will get a few different viewpoints here but on a road car I would not fit rose joints as they will not last a tenth of the time as bushes - trust me on this.

The Baron - 8/6/08 at 06:14 PM

I used rose joints on the panhard bar for mine, The SVA man did not like them one little bit, we didnt fail me on them, be strongly recommended that i used a convetional bush design for the retest.

Paul TigerB6 - 8/6/08 at 06:17 PM

Tiger use a rose bush on one end of the trailing arms to the dedion unit with a conventional (Poly) bush at the other end on the R6 and B6 models.

Nick Skidmore - 8/6/08 at 08:35 PM

I've got some 1/2 unf thread ones with a 9/16 bore that are aerospace spec and would be very good if protected with a rubber boot.

Real bargain at £5ea

ebay BIN

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330241980354&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=014

loggyboy - 9/6/08 at 05:55 AM

Bushes have play in them for a reason (Not just road car comfort). Maybe consider very stiff Polyurethane ones for a happy medium?