SADFab Bushing Options and Price Drop!
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The washers are only used in the LCA alignment bolt locations. The bronze sleeves are sized accordingly so that they take no axial load, just radial. The bushing flanges still take the axial load, and everything clamps together entirely on the sleeves.
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Here is bobs cad drawing. Light grey is the sleeve, dark grey are the washers, and the bronze/gold... is the bronze
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bearing in poly bushing
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washer at each end of the sleeve, to be clamped together by the subframe and alignment bolt.
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