MEYLE introduces HD stabiliser link with wrench attachment for greater ease of installation

Hamburg, November 21st, 2012. Wulf Gaertner Autoparts AG is launching the third generation of technically optimised MEYLE-HD stabiliser links. When designing the first and second generation stabiliser links, the prime engineering objective has been to make the parts more durable. With the third generation the parts have also become easier to install and remove. The ball pin features a 16mm wrench attachment designed to increase repair comfort.

Wulf Gaertner Autoparts AG offers reinforced HD stabiliser links to fit more than 10,000 vehicle applications. The parts have been re-engineered by the company's in-house experts to offer improved technical characteristics. Thus for example, the ball head diameter of MEYLE-HD stabiliser links was increased to 22 millimetres, resulting in a 50 per cent larger ball surface, which in turn considerably improves the stabiliser link's load carrying capacity. But HD stabiliser links feature yet another detail making them even more robust: The ball pin snaps into a clip-on plastic socket made from wear-resistant polyoxymethylene plastic material (POM) which, thanks to its retaining latches, snugly fits into the steel housing. An additional snap ring ultrasonically welded to the rear of the plastic socket helps further improve ball pin pull-out force.

Thanks to these features stabiliser link durability is significantly enhanced. This is confirmed by endurance tests performed at the Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Univer-sity. The impressive result: No evidence of joint play even after 1,000,000 test cy-cles!

Hamburg manufacturer Wulf Gaertner Autoparts AG is committed to designing parts which combine highest quality, long service life and ease of installation. Thus, when designing spare parts Wulf Gaertner Autoparts AG's experts anticipate repair shop workflow with engineering foresight. This way they are able to integrate new features facilitating the removal and installation such as the ball pin with 16mm wrench attachment on the HD stabiliser link.