Just curious why you'd recommend buying all metric hardware. I had a hard time finding heim joints in general, it took a bit of searching to find the metric male joint. The SAE joints were easier to find and in the end you're just cutting threads on the rods for the 4 female joints, I don't see how it is an advantage to get the metrics for those, I did see a benefit on getting the male end because it saved having to drill and tap the rod end. Your article was well written, I used it as a guide for my conversion. It is definitely a modification that was well worth the time and effort. I did mine when I had the head off my car, which made things much easier.
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wrote that article (though I don't remember giving turbo-mopar.com rights to post it there, at least boostedmopar.com asked first) So personally, after doing a half-dozen conversions, I would recommend just buying all metric hardware (makes it easier to service and its not much more than SAE parts) In fact after the first one I did, I bought supplies in metric from there on out just to make life easier on the service side of things. I have some pictures of the 520/555 conversion brackets that I designed (as well as the CAD drawings for them) I'll try to get around to putting them up on my site someday soon. Best Regards, Stefan Mullikin -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This link should give you all the information you need. Also, on the one male > heim joint, if you get it metric sized it will screw right into the female rod > end. It cost me a little more but to me it was worth the time saved. I think > it was 10mm x 1.25, just unscrew the end and if you have a good tap & die kit > use the thread pitch measurer in there. I used 3/8 x 24 for the female heim > joints. > http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32 > Scott > 86 GLHS #408 > 89 Daytona C/S > 90 Dakota Sport Convertible > 92 Spirit R/T > Walkersville, MD > Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:45:24 -0500 > From: "Aaron Wyse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: SD> L-body linkage conversion > > It's finally about time for me to awaken my '86 L-body turbo. > However, when last I worked on it; I'd decide to convert it from the plastic > joints over to heim joints. Does anyone have the actual parts list? I > remembered someone that had put it all together in a basically ready to > assemble kit; buy haven't been able to find my information on who it was. > Thanks all > Aaron Wyse > > -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING--------------------------- - > Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ > > To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html
