panichat
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| posted on 23/4/07 at 07:08 PM |
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bush tubes
Searching the archives I see that bushes provoke a rather heated debate at times, but here goes...
My bush tubes are shorter than the metalastic bushes by about 1.5 mm. Is this ok? Do I need to shorten the bushes. Do I need to weld on longer
tubes?
On a related subject - when I started the build I was just going from the book hence 26mm OD bush tubes for bushes with a 3/8 ID. Now I see that just
about everyone uses 7/16 bolts at least. Will 3/8 be strong enough for "ordinary" use?
Cheers
Dave
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RichardK
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| posted on 23/4/07 at 07:17 PM |
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My understanding is that the crush tubes should be slightly longer than the bushing itself, I would sell em and buy the right ones.
Wouldn't even bother trying to weld bits on the end.
Just my opinion
Rich
Gallery updated 11/01/2011
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 23/4/07 at 07:24 PM |
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ere we go again   
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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chrisg
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| posted on 23/4/07 at 07:27 PM |
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Ah....
bush tubes........
I might take a short holiday......
cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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panichat
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| posted on 23/4/07 at 07:44 PM |
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Clarification
The outer tubes on the wishbone arms are shorter than the bushes. The inner tubes are the same as the rubber.
Dave
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daviep
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| posted on 23/4/07 at 09:24 PM |
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1: If your bushes are metallastic then they should be a press fit into the bush tubes on your wishbone and it won't matter a bit that the
bush is slightly longer than the bush tube.
2: The bolt should fit the bush properly, so if the bush has a 3/8" hole use a 3/8" bolt (which is more than adequate) or if the
bush has a bigger hole use a bigger bolt.
3: If your using poly bushes ignore all of that!!!!
The rest of you learn to read properly
[Edited on 23/4/07 by daviep]
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panichat
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| posted on 23/4/07 at 09:55 PM |
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Thanks
Thanks everyone.
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JoelP
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| posted on 23/4/07 at 09:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by panichat
My bush tubes are shorter than the metalastic bushes by about 1.5 mm.
I thought that metalastic bushes are usually supplied bonded to the crush tube?
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