Ride Tech heim joints noisy with four link

[brownz]

That is metal to metal man. That aint no squeak or creak, something is either loose or kissing something else.

If I spray the joints with dry lube they stop making the noise. I have looked at everything nothing is rubbing,

I have new links that ride tech sent me and I hop to have them in soon. I have been crazy busy with other project ( house, side jobs ) to get to it. But I will update this thread when I do. Plus I will be in contact with ride tech.

[Red67Mustang]

IMHO; The noise is coming from the slightest movement of the ball overcoming the stiction (the frictional force to be overcome to set one object in motion when it is in contact with another) with the race. This comes from joints with excessive preload on the ball by the race. It has nothing to do with your rods and how they are built. The noise is amplified if the offending rod end(s) are mounted on the chassis side versus the axle side. You could try bench testing for excessive stiction and then use the best joints you have on the chassis connection points. That should help the noise but not eliminate the issue. I've not yet found a great long term solution, but in my case I'm considering greasing the races by removing the offending joints, rotating the ball to where I can apply some bearing grease directly to the race w/ my finger then reinstall. Always open to better ideas how to lube a rod end.

I'll do this once I have nothing else to do...