1971 K10 Stepside - Getting a Roller Roadworthy

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

That's some skilled welding.
We tried that on the L6 Upper Clutch Push Rod on my Stepside, back about 20 years ago, when we rebuilt the current 292. I abandoned the result, but my Machinist had the idea of threading both ends of a same-length steel rod, and screwing Heim Joints on the ends.
LMC has now 'stolen' the idea, but mine was considerably less, made up from available components.

That sounds like an excellent application for Heim joints. How are they holding up?