Delrin Control arm bushings... yay or nay?
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Can get 6ft of 20mm TGP 303 for like 140 bucks, that's enough for like 36 bushings. I wonder if it'd stand to daily driver duty if it were stainless and greased up well. Imperial sized bar would be cheaper. Use 3/4 TGP and olite bronze bushings, also like $2/per...
I might just try turning 303 bar down really fine.
I might just try turning 303 bar down really fine.
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You Can get bronze sleeve bearings off McMaster-carr. Not sure what the outer diameter is, but I'm assuming the alignment bolt is an M10?
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Those are bearings, not really bushings. Those are what I'd use around the steel bushing pin, not what you'd run the bolt through.
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Those are bearings, not really bushings. Those are what I'd use around the steel bushing pin, not what you'd run the bolt through.
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So looks like for me it's either machine my own pin and bearings to go in poly bushings, or make spherical bushings... hmmmm....
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Sorry to bump such an old thread, but did any of you continue to make these sleeves? Seems like a really smart way to improve on the ES poly bushings. Mine have gotten pretty trashed so I'm thinking something like this would extend the life. A year later how are your setups holding up? Better than Delrin?
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