Talk:Rod end bearing

Capturing a heim joint with a washer
Anyone have any information about capturing a heim joint with a washer? This is a common requirement in auto racing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.37.206.6 (talk) 21:06, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Merger discussion: Ball joint
The heim joint should not be merged with the ball joint. The two are very different. The heim joint ball in the socket has a hole in it through which a bolt or other attachment device may be inserted. In a ball joint, the ball is solid with no hole through it, rather, it has an attachment device protruding from it and attached to it.70.149.220.111 03:51, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed, the two are not the same. However, I intend to rename this page with a generic title, as properly these joints are known as "rod end bearings". "Heim joint" is a term borrowed from their first USA manufacturer and, for similar reasons, they are known as "rose joints" in many other parts of the world. Pyrope 16:37, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually the difference is that the heim joint is a unit, while an american 'ball joint' is typically captive to a tie rod. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Titbear (talk • contribs) 14:45, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Note for the eventual translation: the German word is Gelenkkopf. --tickle me 15:43, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

The link for 'history of' is dead. 99.140.223.200 (talk) 16:17, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Manufacture
Be useful to add to the article how these are actually made - I'd love to know, for one! 58.168.2.89 (talk) 06:20, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

They are made in several different ways. As I am not an expert I will leave it to someone else to write it up properly. But in the simplest case there is a very hard ball and somewhat softer outer part, and I am told that the outer part is simply forged around the ball.

Plastic ones such as on toys and models, and possibly minor control linkages on cars, are possibly injection moulded around the steel ball, or just force fitted.

Those with an exotic composite liner, teflon impregnated glass fibre or whatever, can't be forged in situ. Like yourself I would like to know more. Tiger99 (talk) 14:15, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

Control Rods
The link to control rods, takes you to control rods used for nuclear reactors, and there is no disambiguation for other meanings. I agree that control rods is a correct term for use of tie rods, but should not be used as a link or else there should be disambiguation for the term. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.102.228.55 (talk) 17:57, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The wonder of Wikipedia is you can fix things link that yourself by clicking "Edit" at the top of the page - I've removed the wikilink as tie rods are mentioned separately. Provider uk (talk) 22:31, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Uses
Thinking about adding the different uses within the examples already stated. Also possibly going to add the different heim joints ex. female end heim joint. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Masonjan (talk • contribs) 15:58, 16 November 2018 (UTC)