in manufacturing 1 at school and i havent been able to get pics of them set up on the lathe (due to our school being gay about cell phones cause apparently upskirt shots are in now days)

but here is what i did

im using 1 1/8" hexagon stock

i cut it to 15 7/8" and faced 1/16 of both sides equaling 15 3/4" (with ends and jam nuts adjusted it will be 19 1/4" which is the correct length

drilled it with a 1/4" drill bit then 1/2" drill bit then finally a 11/16" drillbit

i then tapped one side of each one with a 3/4" - 16 RH tap

im currently waiting on my 3/4" - 16 LH tap to come in

im using QA1 chromoly self lubricating rod ends

heres what they look like so far




tell me what you think

 

looks heavy

 

who cares lol i have $80.94 in them so far ill take a lil extra weight to save $200

 

You could of did it differnt which wouldnt of weighed the much. When I made mine I did it out tube. I took a small piece of solid bar and thread it. Then I milled it to a hex shape and welded it to the tube. I made two sets of PHB and LCA for right around $120 and still have material left over. It does look good though and it will be indestructible.

 

Looks like a good learning project, might be a little noisy on the street without any poly bushings though. I imagine your also going to build the stepped bushing that goes in the rod end for the LCA bolt?

I've built my own LCAs, panhard bar, subframe connectors and tunnel mount adjustable torque arm. I also used QA1 rod ends which are good quality. There are many pictures of my parts on the web page in my sig.

 

i was looking for some stepped bushings like your talking about where can i get them?

 

since you have access to a lathe you could make them.

 

true.. i could.. how big is the bolt that is used on the ends of the LCA's?

 

I believe they're 12 mm.

 

is that the shaft size? i need like shaft size (no homo) not head size

 

If that was the head size they would be small *** bolts homo.

http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo...roducts_id=305

http://www.spohn.net/shop/1998-2002-...dware-Kit.html

 

i used solid aluminum on mine, so far, so good...we'll see if they break when i try the new tires at T'N'T but i don't see a problem

looks good!

 

I'm not sure of the size off the top of my head. Just pull one of yours out and measure it. The ID of the QA1 rod end should be 3/4, so you could use some 3/4 OD stock and drill the stepped hole, that is what I did.