...I'm happy with this. It did cost me a bit extra, and I guess I wasted money on the new original style push rod, but now I know.
Hey, glad you got it set up like you wanted! Good feeling, eh? Looks very sanitary.
Where'd you buy the original stock type rod? If WH, let me know.
heim joint (also called rod end)
Just in case you were not aware, they actually
are Rod Ends, Rod End Bearings, or more accurately I suppose, "Spherical Rod End Bearings" by name and category. Or "Rose Joint" if you're in the UK.
Originally developed by Germany in WWII, the word "Heim Joint" is because the actual H.G. Heim Company made them almost a household name in North America during and after WWII and the name stuck. Like Kleenex and Band-Aid and Coke. Not to mention "Positraction" and "starter solenoid" as generic categories, instead of the specific units they are.
Which is why the Heim company is the only one that originally could call them "Hem joints" and other manufacturing companies, specifically in the automotive aftermarket at least, simply call them spherical rod ends.
Just so's ya know.
Paul