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MarkT
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Sun Oct 10, 2010 2:13 pm

Does anyone know where these can be purchased from? I'm going to fabricate some adjustable lower arms for my track car and would like to use uniballs as a pose to the standard pressed in jobbies.

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Sun Oct 10, 2010 3:08 pm

By uniballs do you mean rose joints?

If so just google it. First result that came up:

http://www.mcgillmotorsports.co.uk/inde ... ductId=123

Are you going to be making something like these:



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Be interested to see how this comes along, they are $1200 for those 8O
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Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:21 pm

Uniballs ????

Sounds like a condition I used to suffer from whenever I was around 'varsity girls :D
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Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:30 pm

I have just bought some rosejoints from mcgill. Ring them instead of ebay/internet order. nice guy who did me a good deal
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MarkT
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Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:18 pm

Winx, how much?

The pic at the top is the super sexy replica of the DTM set-up. I haven't got the facilities to machine something like that, but I intend to fabricate a rudementary version which will do the same job.

The bit that I'm after is in the centre of the picture at the top :D
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Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:24 pm

I can't remember I'm afraid, I just remember that the final price was less than what I had added up from his ebay shop :)
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MarkT
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Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:31 pm

Ah just read, rosejoints.

Uniballs are simmilar however have the tapered section of the bottom ball joint.
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UweM3
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Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:30 pm

Unibal is/was a trade IRRC. Same as calling a cap head socket screw and allen screw.

+1 for McGill. VERY good to deal with.
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Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:58 pm

Are you not referring to a Spherical bearing?
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Fri Nov 19, 2010 10:06 pm

No mate. THe tapered section that goes into the lower arm.
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