National Rod Ends

Long dominant in the performance racing industry, National Rod Ends have also been the rod end of choice in the industrial distribution market. The wide range of configurations available make them ideally suited for stock cars, sprint cars, drag racers, open wheel cars, endurance road racers, off road racers, rally cars and a myriad number of industrial applications. National Rod Ends – Tuthill Controls Group's premier brand of spherical rod end bearings. 

• Rod Ends
  Our complete line of rod ends are suitable for race cars, construction machinery, industrial machinery, agricultural machinery, trucks, buses, military equipment, as well as medical and lawn and garden applications. We manufacture rod ends in both stainless steel and low carbon steel. 2 piece, 3 piece, and 4 piece rod ends are available with or without a PTFE lining.
  
  
• Spherical Bearings
  Our spherical bearings are offered in low carbon steel and high strength stainless steel bearing varieties. They are able to handle a wide range of temperatures and environments and some bearings are PTFE lined to increase wear resistance. Our molded race, loader slot spherical bearing provides stronger radial and axial load capacity than standard molded race bearings. The stainless steel spherical bearings are ideal for non-rotational bearing applications and can mount into plates or shocks where room for attaching a full rod end is not available.
  
  Our performance bearings are swaged around a through hardened and precision ground stainless steel ball and are offered in plain (press fit) or v-groove (staked fit) mounting styles. These spherical bearings are well suited for corrosive environments.