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Originally Posted by PARAGON
Heim joints are an unprotected non-lubricated joint. Though some have developed joints that are self-lubed with extremely tight tolerances that lend to longer life, the combination of off-road and daily driving will cause them to wear much quicker. The problem with this is that this wear can show itself when your are doing 75MPH on an interstate and want to turn slightly and the heims drag or "catch."
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Thanks for the explanation. I was going to ask, but you took care of that. I have not done much offroading yet, and do not anticipate breaking anything, but I would like to know a little bit about this stuff, so that if anything does happen, I know what route to take in terms of replacement parts.