rose type joints

[Sankey]

ok in 100% trike tech talks about using rose type bushes on the irs setups which are more expensive but, my question is what are they and where do you get them from? :rolleyes:

[dracken1]

rose joints or spherical joints.
type it into google as explaining what they are is a bit differcult to me.
they are often used in susspension,steering etc and are a much more positive way of locating items than rubber/poly bushes. downside is the price and they can sound more noisy in operation than poly/rubber bushes.

demon tweeks sell them as do rs components.

[Sankey]

thanks, i'll have a look see

;)

[here's_Mike.R]

I used rose joints on a car project. They are meant to be harsher because rubber or poly bushes give under stress and rose joints are basically metal to metal. To compromise, I fitted rose joints to one end of my suspension arms and poly bushes to the other. That way I had adjustment on one end and compliance at the other end. Rose joints are expensive and wear out regularly because of the metal to metal situation. I would advise anyone that wants to build a vehicle to read a copy of 'How to Build A Sports Car For £250' It's published by Haynes and I've seen it in Halfords many times. It basically it's plans and instructions to build and race a small sports car. It's a school project type simplicity - the author was a 6th form metalwork teacher, and his whole class were building cars. If you read the book, all this tech bollocks will make a load more sense. Mr windrush or someone similar, should write a trike/bike version of this book.

[guydewdney]

any decent bearing supplier (look in yell.com / yellow pages) will get you some.

sold by size of bolt / pin that goes through the spherical bit, and come in male and female forms (male has a bolt on it, female a long nut) and left and right threaded versions (right is 'normal', left is backwards)