When one of your shafts is undersized from wear, oversized from coatings, or uncommonly sized, machine one end of these couplings to fit. They clamp around your shafts for a secure hold that won’t cause damage.

When you need a strong hold and even grip on shafts that are oversized due to finishes, undersized from wear, or uncommonly sized, we’ll make a coupling for you that fits just right. These couplings clamp around your shafts to prevent marring them.

Install and remove these shaft couplings without disconnecting the shafts, motors, and other attached components—they’re made in two pieces so you don’t need to slide them onto shaft ends. They’re also useful when you have limited access to the ends of the shafts.

These couplings have the gripping strength to handle higher torque than most other couplings.

For hard-to-access shafts that are oversized from coatings or undersized from wear, we’ll get you a coupling in the right size that clamps on as two pieces, so you don’t need to move your shafts or installed components.

Access one shaft without disconnecting the other. These rigid couplings have a solid bottom that connects the shafts and two top pieces that clamp the shafts independently.

Tighten the set screws to fasten these couplings to your shaft. Set screws bite into the shaft to hold the couplings in place.

Each hub includes a set screw, which bites into your shaft to hold the coupling in place.

Able to handle high twisting forces as well as misalignment, these couplings are good for high-performance servomotor applications.

Connect shafts and ball screws to high-speed servomotors and stepper motors—these shaft couplings handle four times more speed than standard servomotor couplings.

An acetal plastic spacer at the center of these couplings insulates bearings, encoders, and other shaft components from stray electric current. Use them with servomotors, which sometimes generate current that travels down the shaft and can damage circuit boards, interfere with readings, and cause wear on bearing raceways.

The thick split spider on these couplings takes on twice as much torque as standard split spiders, while a set screw holds the hubs in place on your shaft. Also known as jaw couplings, use them to connect motors to pumps, mixers, and other high-torque equipment.

Designed to grip evenly around your shaft, these couplings provide more holding power than set screw couplings without marring the shaft.

Customize the bore of these flexible couplings to align uncommon shaft sizes as well as shafts that have become undersized from wear or oversized from coatings.

Safely connect slightly misaligned shafts near food lines—the spider on these couplings contains metal, so it’ll trigger a metal detector if a piece frays off and contaminates your batch.

A strip of flexible spring steel wraps around the teeth of both hubs to absorb sharp, momentary load increases that can come from motor startups, emergency braking, or sudden impact with hard objects.

With a rigid gear design, these steel couplings transmit more torque than other couplings of the same size.

A flexible tire on these couplings safeguards components on your shafts by reducing vibration and shock.

Made with lightweight nylon sleeves, these gear couplings require less energy to move than other high-torque flexible couplings. They compensate for parallel, angular, and axial misalignment.

Use these U-joints in wet environments to connect and transfer torque between two shafts.

With a maximum torque of at least 11,600 in.-lbs., these U-joints handle more torque than any other U-joint in our offering.

Often found in food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical plants, these U-joints connect misaligned shafts in sanitary environments.

Customize the bores of these U-joints to fit the exact dimensions of your shafts.

Often found in continuously running applications, these U-joints operate at higher speeds and last longer than other types of joints, thanks to their needle bearings.

A good choice when you need accurate and repeatable motion, these U-joints have zero backlash (no play), so there’s no motion lost when your shafts change direction.

The gears on these U-joints transmit rotary motion between shafts that are misaligned at angles up to 136°, the widest angle of all our U-joints.

Lengthen and shorten these telescoping U-joints to fit your application. They’re a good choice when you need accurate and repeatable motion because they have zero backlash (no play), so there’s no motion lost when the shafts change direction.

Connect and transfer torque between two shafts that are either parallel to each other or are misaligned at an angle.

Reduce the diameter of your shaft while adding length.

To protect power-transmission components from damage, these couplings will shear or tear in overtorque conditions (approximately 10-20 times the maximum rated torque) to sever connections between shafts.

Use friction to prevent torque overload, control tension, and brake.

With rugged roller chains, these torque limiters handle more torque than other torque limiters. They have a disc that creates friction to prevent torque overload, control tension, and brake.

Prevent corrosion from interfering with these torque limiters’ ability to protect your machinery if there’s a jam, emergency stop, or other overload.

In addition to offering superior chemical resistance, these lightweight, fiber-reinforced nylon rod ends also reduce noise and vibration.

Make quick adjustments to these rod ends by inserting and releasing the clevis pins without the need to bend them into place.

A male-threaded shank lets you build a linkage with a tapped tube or any female-threaded connection.

Made of stainless steel, these externally threaded rod ends provide excellent corrosion resistance.

These anodized aluminum rod ends are lighter than stainless steel rod ends and have good corrosion resistance.

These internally threaded rod ends have an eyelet and a ball that swivels to support angular misalignment. Also known as rod-end bearings.

An oil-embedded bronze insert slowly releases lubricant throughout the life of the rod end.

These internally threaded rod ends have an oil-embedded bronze insert that slowly releases lubricant over time. Connect your grease gun to the fitting to relubricate.

Connect your grease gun to the fitting to lubricate. Internal threads mate with rod end bolts, threaded rods, and other components with male threads.

A carbon fiber-reinforced insert or PTFE liner reduces wear, handles shock loads, and eliminates the need for lubrication.

Made to extremely tight tolerances, these externally threaded rod ends are for applications that require positioning accuracy, such as accelerators and other types of control linkages.

Made to extremely tight tolerances, these internally threaded rod ends are for applications that require positioning accuracy, such as accelerators and other types of control linkages.

With at least 55° of ball swivel, these externally threaded rod ends accommodate greater misalignment than any other we offer.

Made of cadmium-plated steel, these externally threaded rod ends generally handle higher loads than stainless steel, aluminum, and nylon rod ends.

Made of impact-resistant nylon, these externally threaded rod ends withstand corrosion as well as fuels, lyes, and weak acids. They do not require lubrication and are 80% lighter than steel rod ends.

These externally threaded steel rod ends handle loads that are at least 25% higher than other comparably sized rod ends.

A double row of precision ball bearings allows high speeds and smooth operation.

An innovative body design keeps the ball from being pushed out when supporting thrust loads.

Without changing the ID, these inserts handle some misalignment on rod ends.

These linkages offer excellent wear resistance. They consist of internally threaded ball joint rod ends with a ball stud attached to simplify mounting.

These internally threaded linkages have a slippery PTFE liner that reduces wear and eliminates the need for lubrication.

Along with excellent wear resistance, these linkages have a grease fitting for easy lubrication.

An oil-embedded bronze insert slowly releases lubricant to the rod end.

Made of stainless steel, these ball joint linkages offer more corrosion resistance than steel ball joint linkages.

Use these bent linkages for light duty applications.

Use these externally threaded linkages to create inline pivoting connections.

Made of stainless steel for excellent corrosion resistance, these nuts make pivoting and hinge movements where misalignment is not a concern.

Good for general purpose applications where corrosion and high strength aren’t a concern, these rod end bolts are made of carbon steel.

These black-oxide steel rod end bolts are heat treated for added strength.

Also known as swing bolts and eyebolts, these internally threaded rod end bolts have no moving parts. They're designed to make pivoting or hinge movements in applications that don't need to compensate for misalignment.

Made of stainless steel, these rod end bolts are stronger and more corrosion resistant than our standard flat-shoulder rod end bolts.

With a rubber bushing, these bolts reduce noise and vibration—attach them to rods, pipes, tubes, and cable linkages that have male threading. They’re commonly known as isolated rod ends.

To reduce noise and vibration, these bolts have a rubber bushing—connect them to rods, pipes, tubes, and cable linkages that have female threading. They’re also known as isolated rod ends.

Thread these ball socket end fittings onto gas springs. They rotate in any direction on a ball stud to compensate for misalignment.

Made from stainless steel for excellent corrosion resistance in damp environments.

Made from stainless steel for excellent corrosion resistance in damp environments.

Good for use around flammable materials, these end fittings are made of nylon, which doesn't generate sparks.