Rod Ends consist of an eye-shaped head with integral shank forming a housing and a standard spherical plain bearing, or a spherical plain bearing inner ring, or a spherical plain bearing ring and a sliding layer between the bore of the head and the inner ring. As a rule, rod ends are available with left or right -hand female or male threads. FKT rod ends have the sliding contact surface combinations steel-on-steel, steel-on-bronze,steel-on-PTFE composite material and steel-on-PTFE fabric.