Gear change linkage swivelly bits

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fatboy · #1 Post by **fatboy** » Tue Jun 21, 2016 4:58 pm

Has anyone seen these in stainless or even hard anodised ally ?
Mine are a bit rusty and worn, new rearsets are not the current budget and I dont mind the stock set up apart from the rust and wear.
And I love stainless and shiney

#2 Post by **mangocrazy** » Tue Jun 21, 2016 6:41 pm

I'm not aware of any blingtastic aftermarket replacements, I'm afraid. I agree, stainless equivalents would be very nice, both from a corrosion resistance and bling standpoint. The problem would arise in getting the ball joint thingies in stainless, I think, especially as one is LH thread. I've actually tried dismantling those pieces and getting them plated, but disassembly is a pig and reassembly is downright impossible. Well, it was for me...

Strangely the ball joint parts are not silly expensive if your originals are worn too much.

Falco Frank · #3 Post by **Falco Frank** » Wed Jun 22, 2016 8:51 am

Oddly, Im awaiting a stainless steel link rod being made by a small business near me.

I got tired of looking at my rusty rod!!!

fatboy · #4 Post by **fatboy** » Wed Jun 22, 2016 4:43 pm

Thanks, new stock parts it will have to be then

MartDude · #5 Post by **MartDude** » Wed Jun 22, 2016 6:17 pm

I take it you're referring to the ball and socket gubbinses? I seem to recall having seen some SS ones on Ebay, from a German supplier, a few years ago.

randomsquid · #6 Post by **randomsquid** » Wed Jun 22, 2016 8:18 pm

Are they not just DIN standard rose joints? You can have those off the shelf in any material you want.

fatboy · #7 Post by **fatboy** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 6:12 pm

Not sure they are rose joints from what I understand a rose joint to be.
Could be wrong, often am wrong in my limited knowledge

randomsquid · #8 Post by **randomsquid** » Fri Jun 24, 2016 4:45 pm

fatboy wrote:Not sure they are rose joints from what I understand a rose joint to be.
Could be wrong, often am wrong in my limited knowledge

I could well be wrong, It's been a while since I looked at the standard set-up

This sort of thing?

http://www.wdsltd.co.uk/product/3814/sw ... 8-wds-852/

fatboy · #9 Post by **fatboy** » Fri Jun 24, 2016 6:13 pm

Ha, thanks for the link,it provided the info I needed and now I know what to look for, they are actually called angle joints, now to measure up what I need.

randomsquid · #10 Post by **randomsquid** » Sun Jun 26, 2016 7:27 pm

fatboy wrote:Ha, thanks for the link,it provided the info I needed and now I know what to look for, they are actually called angle joints, now to measure up what I need.

No probs, I thought some of the bits looked sort of familiar.

fatboy · #11 Post by **fatboy** » Mon Jun 27, 2016 5:20 pm

I will take off the linkage and measure up and compare, if the angle joints are similar enough to work then I will buy some and see how it works out.
It is the same price for 1 to 10 pieces

fatboy · #12 Post by **fatboy** » Mon Jun 27, 2016 5:47 pm

Bollocks

The linkage rod has just sheared in the gearbox end of the fucking rust rotten jobbie.
Plan A it is then, new rust prone mildsteel waste of money parts