Originally Posted by
vwduud
I've read where some have purchased 4mm drill blank material in order to achieve a stronger hinge pin. I have yet to hear whether that did in fact solve the problem of bending the hinge pins in a big crash. I also haven't heard if a stronger hinge pin now moves the force to a weaker link. In other words, did they trade straight hinge pins for broken suspension arms or hinge pin holders.
While I haven't done this, the most likely place for that force to go when it can't bend the hinge pin are the hinge pin inserts. So I would expect those to be even more mangled in a bad crash of that type, or to have the arm split more where the hinge pin goes through it.