Heim joints street legal?

[great scott]

I have always heard that heim joints were not street legal. But now many companies are selling them as part of lift kits. The best I can make out of UDOT's info is they do not say no heims, so to me that says they are legal.

 

[wr250]

the safety inspection bible says all steering joints must be withing manufacturers specs. that is all.

 

[great scott]

the safety inspection bible says all steering joints must be withing manufacturers specs. that is all.

Really clear isn't it .

 

[redrocktj]

If it doesnt say it's illegal then i say its legal, my kit has heims and it passes saftey inspection fine, so either the inspector doesnt care or is ignorant and doesnt know what the law is.

 

[great scott]

There are 2 reasons I ask. #1 for the King Challenge and the inspection/engineering event. We deduct points for non street legal mods. #2 if they are legal I am going to ditch the leaf springs under my Chevy and go to a 4 link coil system. I wish the law were a bit more clear before I go making that dramatic of change to my ride.

 

[1993yj]

Never heard that they werent legal. Seems to me that companies would have a hard time selling kits with those joints if they werent legal in all states

 

[great scott]

OK, I'm going to do it then . Now were can I get 20 1" heims, bungs, and jam nuts that wont break the bank.

 

[MRJ]

Click the ad at the top for Midnight 4x4. JC will take good care of you and he suports the board also.

 

[ozzy702]

I'm going to play necromancer and revive this thread. I'm considering throwing together upgraded steering on the wife's XJ that I'm working on converting to a family expedition/light duty wheeling rig. Has anyone had problems registering their rigs due to heim steering?

 

[N-Smooth]

I've never heard anyone say "my rig was failed for heim joints" but I have heard "a friend of a friend of a friend's uncle had their rig fail for heim joints."

Take it fwiw

 

[jmaxj]

Mine used to fail for having heims on the steering. I painted them black and repainted them every inspection time and no issues at all. I think as long as they don't stand out they don't get noticed