Bushings Or Joints?

[MaForrest]

I am taking my 97 sierra in the shop next month to get my SAS done. I am going to run a dana 44 in front and chrysler 9.25 in rear from a 97 dodge. My front will have skyjacker 7" softride coils and a custom set of radius arms like the TJ long arms. I am trying to decide between heim joints at the frame and bushing at the axle or say screw it and put heim joints at all points: link end to frame, both link ends to axle and one from upper where connects to lower. Is there any downfall to running heim joints at all corners?

[MaForrest]

Anyone?? My time is running out and I dont want to run them if its going to suck.

[Silverado4x4]

Helm joints are nice but you have to adjust them and can become noisy if the bolt going through the helm is not the same outside as the inside diameter of the helm (metal against metal). Bushings would be more quiet but you are going to have to make sure everything is square in the front end before welding the bracket to the frame or axle. They both have there ups and downs. Me I would go with bushings because of the noise you could get from the helms.

[MaForrest]

Alright, thanks for the info. My front axle is from a '97 dodge and has all the brackets and everything already attatched so if i decide to use bushings, then everything is already square.