Motorcycle Trailer

boogerdave said:

Heim Joint . . thats the name of it . . Thats exactly what the Bushtec has. There is a pin that the Heim Joint fits over and then a lock that goes on the top of that to hold it together.

I kept thinking ball joint, hind joint . . knew it was something like that.

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dougl said:

A woman at work saw a bike with a trailer and asked me why it doesn't tip over when the bike leans. I didn't know but imagined there must be some flexibility in the connection.

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You guys should know me by now. I always have the techinically correct verbage, well, 90 percent of the time.

If I was going that route (I'm not)(I'm not a trailer person unless it's a gooseneck), I'd have a vertical heat treated pin with the heim joint slipped over that and secured with a spring loaded lynch pin. One thing about a quality heim joint is the inherent dampening from the resistance of the insert to the housing. Similar to a sway bar on a travel trailer.

Your shift linkage on the R3 with floorboards is a specific use heim joint.