Abstract: A bearing isolator capable of operating under flooded conditions is disclosed. The bearing isolator can include a stator, a rotor, a unitizing element and a sealing element, the stator and rotor form a cavity in which the unitizing element is disposed, and features of the unitizing element with features of the stator and rotor to ensure the stator and rotor stay together while still maintaining a gap between the two components to avoid metal on metal contact. The sealing element resides against a surface of the stator and includes a radially-inward extending lip seal that rides against a running surface of the rotor for improved sealing.

Abstract: A bearing isolator having a simple design and made from low-cost materials but which performs comparably to other higher-cost bearing isolators is described. The bearing isolator generally includes a rotor having a snap fit feature protruding from a radially-oriented flange and a stator having a snap fit feature recess for receiving the snap fit feature to thereby join together the stator and rotor without need for, e.g., a separate unitizing element. Furthermore, the rotor and/or stator can be made from lost cost material, such as a nylon/moly material. In some embodiments, the stator further includes a lip seal biased against the radially-oriented flange of the rotor, which, when combined with the labyrinth passage formed at least in part by the snap fit feature and snap fit feature recess, helps to prevent egress and ingress of lubricant and/or contaminates.

Abstract: A bearing isolator capable of operating under flooded conditions is disclosed. The bearing isolator can include a stator, a rotor, a unitizing element and a sealing element, the stator and rotor form a cavity in which the unitizing element is disposed, and features of the unitizing element with features of the stator and rotor to ensure the stator and rotor stay together while still maintaining a gap between the two components to avoid metal on metal contact. The sealing element resides against a surface of the stator and includes a radially-inward extending lip seal that rides against a running surface of the rotor for improved sealing.

Abstract: A ball joint relocation kit including a ball stud having a ball end, a threaded end, and a shaft with a straight outer diameter, and a sleeve having a tapered outer diameter and a straight inner diameter, wherein the sleeve is adapted to be received in a tapered hole through a steering knuckle from a bottom side, and the ball stud is adapted to be received through the tapered hole and the sleeve from the top side. The ball joint relocation kit can be used to replace an OEM ball stud to relocate the ball joint from below the steering knuckle to above the steering knuckle in suspension lifted vehicles.

Abstract: A bearing isolator having a simple design and made from low-cost materials but which performs comparably to other higher-cost bearing isolators is described. The bearing isolator generally includes a rotor having a snap fit feature protruding from a radially-oriented flange and a stator having a snap fit feature recess for receiving the snap fit feature to thereby join together the stator and rotor without need for, e.g., a separate unitizing element. Furthermore, the rotor and/or stator can be made from lost cost material, such as a nylon/moly material. In some embodiments, the stator further includes a lip seal biased against the radially-oriented flange of the rotor, which, when combined with the labyrinth passage formed at least in part by the snap fit feature and snap fit feature recess, helps to prevent egress and ingress of lubricant and/or contaminates.

Abstract: A ball joint relocation kit including a ball stud having a ball end, a threaded end, and a shaft with a straight outer diameter, and a sleeve having a tapered outer diameter and a straight inner diameter, wherein the sleeve is adapted to be received in a tapered hole through a steering knuckle from a bottom side, and the ball stud is adapted to be received through the tapered hole and the sleeve from the top side. The ball joint relocation kit can be used to replace an OEM ball stud to relocate the ball joint from below the steering knuckle to above the steering knuckle in suspension lifted vehicles.

Abstract: An adjustment sleeve for a steering linkage including an external sleeve part having a piston socket and a threaded socket at opposing ends thereof, and an internal sleeve part having a piston and a threaded socket at opposing ends thereof, wherein adjusting rods having ball and stud assemblies are adapted to thread into the threaded sockets, and the piston of the internal sleeve part is rotationally disposed and axially restrained within the piston socket of the external sleeve part such that the external and internal sleeve parts are rotationally decoupled to allow a ball stud to articulate without binding.

Abstract: A mechanical fuse adapted for use in a vehicle steering linkage assembly including an outer housing, an inner housing coaxially arranged within the outer housing, a first crushable element arranged within the outer housing configured to crush under excessive axial compressive loads, and a second crushable element arranged within the outer housing configured to crush under excessive axial tensile loads, wherein the fuse operates normally in an uncrushed state and allows unwanted motion in a crushed state, thereby alerting a driver to an overload condition.