Jon, I think it was an alignment issue with the type of ends I had available. If I used two of the type at the top, it angles the rod and makes it come very close to the edge of the hole in the firewall. It may have also been that I could not get another end for a few days and my truck was a daily driver and my only transportation when it broke. I have had NO wear issues with the setup as I have it. It is easy to disconnect for little things like cab mounts, floorpan repair, you know the simple stuff.

Hope this helps.

 

Thanks Putt
I will have to get everything ready in advance. I will probably have the rod completely built prior to it going bad.

Thanks for the input and sorry we stole this thread.

 

Nuttin stole here! Just good info, I may be doing the same thing, changing to heim joints

 

Heim joints sounds like the way to go, my rod broke recently,this is the original with 140,000 miles, while I was in the bed shovling top soil and the wife was moving the truck up..damn near threw me out...I was able to weld it back together and found some bushings for my 66Mustang that were the same..so you can get the from Mustang resto places also