For what it is worth;
I agree completely with McRacecars.
Those accidents that are waiting to happen with problems with rod ends usually show up at high speed or right past the finish line and result in crashing.
Never use anything but the best and most expensive rod ends in tension stresses. You can get by with a little lessor quality in compression stress. With ladderbars even with the good rod ends always have safety straps bolted on.
Ed