My car had teflon coated rosejoints there was no extra road noise at all, no
clunking either. They were off some sort of Komatsu excavator I think, real
heavy duty and lasted really well.
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>From: andrew smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: rose joints
>Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 2:25 PM
>
> Steve,
> Disadvantages of rose joints are that they transmit a lot of road noise thru
> the car which doesn't worry me.They are illegal in WA and the cops have
> allready got me once for them.
> Andrew Smith
>
> Errol Smith wrote:
>
>> Steve,
>> Rose joints allow low friction movement of parts while being able to
>> maintain close length tolerances. There are many grades of rose joints from
>> basic low load joints with no internal lubrication, up to aircraft grade
>> sealed self lubricating high shock load joints. The low load joints are
>> cheap $15 for a 1/2" female up to $135 a joint for the same size in an
>> aircraft grade joint.
>> If used in suspension arms etc always err on the side of caution and buy a
>> better grade of joint. (you buy safety helmets dont you?). Dust and mud are
>> the biggest enemy of rose joints. Tp protect them the joints can be covered
>> in grease externally and then wrapped over with hessian tape. The tape is
>> then lightly wired over the joint and hot bitumen poured over that to seal
>> them up.
>> The fitting of rose joints is a definite plus to reduce suspension flex and
>> make steering much more precise. As with all good things it costs.
>> Cheers
>> Feral Errol
>> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> http://www.datrats.com.au/
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Greer
>> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 7:16 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: rose joints
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> can anyone tell me the advatages and disadvantages of using rose joints and
>> any other info I should know about them.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>
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