4 QA1 rod ends, alloy steel threaded connector for them $18
OR
stock thin tube steel sway bar links with rubber crappy swivels $28 per side
so via mcmaster carr i get parts that i can just say "because racecar" when someone asks, for 1/3 the price of buying chinese garbage parts store parts that will break in a year. they also would be too long now since said vehicle has been lowered.
pics forthcoming, eventually, probably in their own thread about the vehicle they are going on.
Pretty awesome. Pix and new thread required!!!
McMaster is one of the places I spend way too much money at. But I get some really cool stuff.
I too am an McMaster addict. Where else can you find all the funky hardware you need, order it at 2PM and have it the next day?
McMaster-Carr rocks. Solid urethane motor mount kit is one of my favorite purchases. I've done a few of those. 1/8" stainless steel pop rivits WAY cheaper than fastenal.
Do they have a website i can understand yet?
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: Do they have a website i can understand yet?
They'll send you a free 3 inch thick catalog - much better than that internet thingy.
McMaster Carr rocks
Grainger's OK for a lot of stuff too, but Carr's better.
Oh hell yes, i want the catalog.
How do you obtain this printed catalog of which you speak?
I have purchased from them on many occasions but when ever i ask about a printed catalog they say no! I do have one of their older editions however. The good thing tho is that on their web site it's easy to find what you're looking for. Where I live order by 2 PM and I get it by 2 PM the next and that's regular ground!
McMaster-Carr paper catalogs have become all but impossible to get anymore unless your employer is a major enough purchaser.
That said - and I was a hardcore McMaster paper catalog loyalist - they have the absolute best and most intuitive website, and I can build orders, and "engineer by roaming" even faster than with paper.
Why, just today I put together a 47 line/$4k order of stuff for my prototype shop at the lab.
McMaster may have the best web catalog on all of the internet. Give it a shot.
Hrmmm... guess i haven't tried it in a long time then. I'll geek out on it tonite. Got a bunch of miscellaneous stuff i need to order.
DILYSI Dave wrote: McMaster may have the best web catalog on all of the internet. Give it a shot.
One Industrial Design project I worked on a few years back was a big website that involved a team of all sorts of interweb experts- backend, middleware, and GUI. After looking at tons of sites McMaster Carr was the winner of the best designed large scale buy stuff website by a wide margin. I think it is a great site. I wish my brain was organized half as well.
I predict we will not see halftrac for at least 48hrs.
I agree the website is great. I just like paper and ink when I can have it. Oh well.
bluej wrote: I predict we will not see halftrac for at least 48hrs.
Heh, i have beer to drink first. It's $2 draft night at The Fox and Hound!
+1 for their website. They've got CAD drawings and relevant links and candy.
The CAD drawings are super handy when they exist. We buy a lot of stuff there. For whatever reason, their base shipping is essentially next day for our shop.
Seeing if they have cad to go along with the part is my day to day lotto!
i do love their website, and because they are 30 minutes away sometimes if i order early enough in the morning stuff shows up at 6pm.
no pics yet, i'm still searching the garage for the other U bolt to hold swaybar to rear axle.
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: Oh hell yes, i want the catalog.
Funny! Fine reading though... 
I love McMaster's website. For our FSAE project, it's seriously badass that I can get CAD (in sldprt, not just IGIS or STEP) of every little nut and bolt we need, with the occasional exception of some odd NAS hardware.
I use McMaster Carr damn near every day at work
Why have I never checked their website?? I've been looking for a good machinists' rule: http://www.mcmaster.com/#machinists'-rules/=gyonv4
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