these ball joint spacers look well made!

[axeman]

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the burley ones looked alot thiner, these seam to have a lot more meat on them,

neil

[silverbullet]

Beefy but a bit clunky. I would much rather CNC mill them from EN8 steel and have them plated, if I wanted some. Alloy is not the material to use in such a critical location, when all the rest of the suspension is high-tensile steel IMHO.
Clive? Opinion please!

[Russel]

Well i have been using and very much abusing a set from Stuart "syncro hospital" for over 2 years now and they are still going strong.
Russel

[syncropaddy]

Beefy but a bit clunky. I would much rather CNC mill them from EN8 steel and have them plated, if I wanted some. Alloy is not the material to use in such a critical location, when all the rest of the suspension is high-tensile steel IMHO.
Clive? Opinion please!

I reckon that the alloy is fine if machined accurately and the correct spec location bolts used. There is a heck of a lot of steel in my suspension and very little of it is H/T and if you look under the Range Rover that is sitting on my driveway you will see lots of alloy making up the suspension components!

[silverbullet]

SP, I used to have a late BA chassis with a 2.5 VM Turbo D. Been there, done that, saw the error of my ways!
IME, suspension parts get made from aluminium alloy for two main reasons:
1.To save unsprung weight
2.It's easier to machine than steel
So:
1.Saving weight on a T3 syncro? Drop your shorts before you go out - weight saved and driver mood improved
2.If it's easier to machine, it's easier to deform too. That's what troubles me about using alloy in this application.
I'm not dissing syncrohospital, I'd just rather have steel on my wagon.

[syncropaddy]

SP, I used to have a late BA chassis with a 2.5 VM Turbo D. Been there, done that, saw the error of my ways!

Its a bit newer than that ......

Saving weight on a T3 syncro? Drop your shorts before you go out - weight saved and driver mood improved

Hehehehe .................

If it's easier to machine, it's easier to deform too.

Agree but in this application ? it would also depend on the aluminium used as well. There is some lovely stuff available out there, I used to sell it years ago - along with Hitachi Seiki, Bridgeport, Harrison, Trumph, Sandvik, Iscar, Dormer and a few other bits and pieces!

[silverbullet]

Now we're talking the same language...

[syncrodoug]

You may wish to compare it with one that is not particularly well made but hopefully doing the same job!

[jed the spread]

Well i have been using and very much abusing a set from Stuart "syncro hospital" for over 2 years now and they are still going strong.
Russel

Is this that Stuart we camped with a couple of years back?

jed

[Russel]

Yes