Rear brake rod with bearing ends, long!

[kinger]

I'm helping a mate with a special project, and need a brake rod, at least 300mm long with two bearing ends to take 6mm bolts.
I'll be tweaking it to suit and rethreading, but am struggling to get the bits since I changed jobs. Time is at a premiuim and restricts my hunting for one as I work 12 hour days in Auckland but come home weekends.
Anyone got something they think may fit the bill for me to modify. I'm really stuffed as I lost the original and it's nearly time to fit it.
Cheers, Kinger.

Ignore price and location, the ad format makes life harder than it needs to be.

[husaberg]

I am a bit confused by your post are you looking for a Drum brake rod or an anchor for a disk caliper.

Any workshop will have some rose joints heim joints left and right threaded, and some alloy tube.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-...-653124280.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-...-654519979.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-...-653574694.htm

[kinger]

I'm looking for an actuating rod for a hydraulic brake. Runs from the pedal to the rear brake cylinder via a pivot at each end. Looks exactly like the rod that runs from the gear change lever to the gearbox splined shaft.

[husaberg]

I'm looking for an actuating rod for a hydraulic brake. Runs from the pedal to the rear brake cylinder via a pivot at each end. Looks exactly like the rod that runs from the gear change lever to the gearbox splined shaft.

300mm long that 12inchs or a foot, its a blood cruiser in't it.

Same scenario anyway as the stuff i posted anyway.

[bogan]

Rod end/rose/heim joints vary hugely in price I have found. I get mine (only 4mm hole size in my stock sorry) from http://www.bearingandengineering.co.nz/ but I don't think they are listed on site yet.

Brake rod over that length, you really want to go internally threaded tube with male rod-ends so it'll take more compression without bowing.

[Henk]

Try talking to Olly, he has started this thread in the bucket forum and has made custom length gear linkages for me in the past.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...g-Bucket-parts

[kinger]

Cheere Henk.

[imdying]

Last rose joints I got cost me a little over $5 each, but with a list of $20 each

They were 6mm, I didn't want to know what the list on the 20mm ones was...

[kinger]

All sorted.
Had some 1/4 ones available for just under ten bucks each, but nipped to Saeco for metric.
Cost about 14 bucks each, but that was thanks to a cool salesman who gave me work discount from their original thirty bucks apiece! Really struggle to see how the shelf price could be justified.
Rod came from a mate of a mate at South Auckland Engineering in Manukau. Cheers Phil.
Cheers for the positive inputs blokes.