Rod End Bearing Housing

The rod end is also referred to as the heim joint named after the inventor lewis heim who founded the heim bearing company.

Rod end bearing housing.

In stock and ready to ship. Our rod ends are designed for tough industrial environments. This housing advantage and variety of outer race materials including brass steel delrin and ptfe liners provide a wide selection of application solutions. For temperatures below 0 c 30 f check to be sure that the fracture toughness of the rod end housing is adequate for the intended application.

Rod ends consist of an eye shaped head with integral shank that forms a housing for a spherical plain bearing. Depends on the rod end housing the bearing the bearing seals and the grease the load carrying capacity of the rod end is reduced at temperatures above 100 c 210 f. 40 qsc 3 4 x 3 4 16 economy 4 link rod end kit with 3 4 steel cone spacers bungs 250 wall rod end heim joint. We offer pillow block bearings mounted bearings heim joints and spherical plain bearings mainly.

Skf supplies rod ends with a threaded shank with a right hand thread as standard. Sealmaster rod ends and spherical plain bearings. Spherical rod ends also known as heim joints from grainger allow pivoting in the housing to help compensate for misalignment in industrial applications. Rod end 1 4 x 1 4 28 ecfl4 female economy left hand rod end bearing with jam nut included heim joint rod end direct price 195.

Rod ends offer ease in mounting and adjustment of position in installations such as mechanisms linkages and control rods. As a rule rod ends are available with left or right hand female internal or male external threads. While spherical plain bearings offer misalignment capability in a fixed housing position. Self lubricating rod ends and stainless steel rod ends both can be ideal for low to moderate load applications where parts lubrication is not desirable.

The company has developed successfully all stainless steel mounted units thermoplastic bearing housing all stainless steel rod ends slot injection molded rod ends all plastic rod ends and zinc alloy miniature bearing units etc which have been widely used in different kind of industry. Sealmaster two and three piece rod end bearing housing designs have been optimized for overall strength. The rod ends body consist of low carbon steel that are chromate treated and zinc plated to withstand the elements.