On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:59:17 -0600, Andy Asberry
wrote:

No! Not for body piercings.

I have a pair of power steering cylinders that require a 1 1/8" ball
mount on the valve end. I've only found one...on a travel trailer sway
bar. Every camper supply I've checked has 1 1/4". I didn't note the
brand of the one I found.

Any suggestions on source?

Yes - Get hold of either Surplus Center or the cylinder mfg. and
find out what vehicle or equipment these cylinders were used on. Then
call up the vehicle maker and find out where they got the balls.

Or you walk into a local good auto and truck parts store like a NAPA
dealer, plop the cylinder on the counter, and ask for the mating ball.
If they don't have them, they should be able to ID and order it.

There are a few good parts countermen out there, they're the ones
that have their own five-level personal catalog rack in the back, and
take the calls from the mechanics when that need to find odd stuff.
(And since I own a lot of odd stuff, I know how to tell them apart.)
Let the young kids handle the easy ones at the front counter.

If all else fails, call a place that makes hitch balls and ask to
order a special. You can't turn down a completed ball if they are
heat treated after machining.

They used to make extra-small hitches and balls like that 1-1/8" in
the 1920's - 40's before they standardized on the 1-7/8" ball for
small trailers. But good luck finding one now.

-- Bruce --