I would think a greasable spherical bearing or bushing from one of those 4x4 shops would be a better upgrade than a decent quality heim, while taking more load.
I need something with a lot of misalignment though. I'm gonna use the stock frame mounts and lower axle mount. The upper bar at the axle will be moved to the lower mount and a new lower mount will be welded in for the bottom bar. The upper bar will be 12-15* out of whack just by looking at it. How much misalignment can you get from those Johnny Joint type ends?
I looked at the EMF ends earlier....they better last forever for ~75 bucks each. That's 750 bucks just in rod ends when you add the panhard bar....that's nuts.
Curry makes jonny joints, ballistic makes a joint, umi makes a type as well..
They will go to 28 or 30 degrees, rebuildable delrin and greasable, some you can get weld in without the threaded shank on it as well..
I looked at the EMF ends earlier....they better last forever for ~75 bucks each. That's 750 bucks just in rod ends when you add the panhard bar....that's nuts.
When I was shopping around, Currie joints from summit racing were the cheapest I found, and i've been running them on my traction bars for two years now with no issues whatsoever. They've only seen probably 6k miles, but they have seen quite a bit of abuse.