[Mr Gazza]

Originally Posted by enbee23

I must admit, I was looking at http://<br /> http://www.mcgillmoto...rod-end-24927/ and wondering if I could justify spending twice as much as the ones you originally linked to One marginal benefit could be that the shank appears to be a couple of mm shorter.

Unfortunately I can't see the items that you are linking to as the link doesn't work for me. All I can do is recommend from my own experience.
I always tend to buy the best parts I can afford at the time and the reward is usually a much longer service life,
I bought some "ordinary" ends from a local bearing supplier for my brake rod and was very disappointed with the short life of them. The McGill chromoly ones are still going strong, as are the ones on the hoop... I'll probably try Teflon lined ones next time, when that eventually comes.