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Old Feb 7, 2015 | 06:34 PM
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Sat. night part question .From what way cool form of transport & what device did this monster come ?
 
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Old Feb 7, 2015 | 06:42 PM
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I've got 2 of those and 2 in the female version for the end links of the front sway bar on my Heidts superide ll front suspension.
 
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I've seen something like that on flight controls of aircraft.
 
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Does look a little like a tail rotor PC rod end.
 
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Ray , you could let this go on for awhile .You are so close it hurts !
 
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Hard to say without some sort of size scale, heim joints are made from very tiny to HUGE!
 
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This is huge to me .An extreme duty heim joint .
 
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Ray , you could let this go on for awhile .You are so close it hurts !
Sorry 'bout that. I've purged, inspected and changed quite a few, large rotary wing aircraft. That was many years ago.
 
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and the answer is = A speed brake on a F-14 Tomcat .
 
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Some Tomcat driver is gonna be pissed!
 
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Some Tomcat driver is gonna be pissed!

Ya don't need brakes, They just slow ya down.
 
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