You just guessing here and you're wrong. The point is, these are within the realm of failure loads and fatigue life for what they are. Weather you like it or not, this is how engineering and math works.

 

so looking at that. i think youre saying the threaded section takes about 2x the force as the ball joint. is that enough to bend it tho? 1000 lbs vs threaded section....

 

*hypothetically speaking* not allowed in your class?

"math" is also theoretical IMO. We got rocket scientists screwing up rocket lauches ya know

 

Nvm, go ahead and ignore math.

 

obviously, not me, lmao banking/finance/econ/capital markets whooooo

 

This has threads. 3000 lbs rating

https://www.lowes.com/pd/National-Ha...eel/1002234848

 

Good lord, you have no clue what you're talking about.

 

just condescending 'expert' comments. I'm still trying to figure out what the issue is, using math or experience with materials, your exact (math) numbers or hypotheticals. is it bending or stretching that youre concerned about?
just waiting on you to pick on my grammar next

 

Its not condescending, I tried to explain, gave good real world numbers of an example, and you come back with but this chain link holds 3000lbs.

Apples and stick

 

in any case, i like that the rear spindles give me independent toe adjustment now, so I'm not too concerned about basically adding extra camber

 

you got fired up, ran the numbers, CAD... you could have just told me to use "5k" force on the the wheel, i would accept it lol, just get back the original topic. Can you bend a short threaded rod or not? run the numbers on that if you could please

 

Thats the part you dont understand. The force alone isnt the whole picture. Its the moment, which requires knowing both force and geometry. That's why I drew a basic shear-moment diagram to explain.

And you're still picturing threads in tension/compression. These are in bending. Different world. How about you go find a race car with threads in bending.

 

also math/numbers keep things looking "ok" .... then 2007 came

 

Those adjustable threads are everywhere and is used widely by individual/small team racers. professional teams wont use them because they manufacture their own parts to exact dimensions
so if youre going to design adjustable control arms, you would use adjustment holes and bolts then?

 

Do you not comprehend the difference between tension/compression and bending?

Im going to go ahead and be done with this. The math is there for scrutiny, and its an industry standard to keep threads out of bending.