Front Swaybar 'Bearings', Who made/makes them? |
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Front Swaybar 'Bearings', Who made/makes them? |
Brando |
Aug 6 2007, 08:27 PM
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BUY MY SPARE KIDNEY!!! Group: Members Posts: 3,935 Joined: 29-August 04 From: Santa Ana, CA Member No.: 2,648 Region Association: Southern California |
Looking to get a pair for my front swaybar. I've found a few complete sealed bearings available through bicycle shops, but I thought a member here made them or had them made...
Basically to use a complete sealed bearing I'd have to make a triangle-shaped housing for them to be in, then bolt that to the body in the swaybar location. It's that, or take a pair of swaybar bushing brackets, drill and braze zerg fittings into them and slot/groove/drill some bushings... Looking for the cheaper alternative of course. Bearings would be almost zero friction but zero impact absorption. Poly-graphite bushings would be medium friction and medium impact absorption. I've been looking for a way to maybe take a bearing and make a 1 to 2mm thick 'sleeve' that would ride inside a larger ID bearing, over the bar. Maybe work to absorb some impact and have minimal friction - similar to Elephant Racing's poly-bronze bushings... |
Brando |
Aug 6 2007, 08:33 PM
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BUY MY SPARE KIDNEY!!! Group: Members Posts: 3,935 Joined: 29-August 04 From: Santa Ana, CA Member No.: 2,648 Region Association: Southern California |
No taking things apart every 6 months to lube everything (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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maf914 |
Aug 7 2007, 02:04 PM
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Not a Guru! Group: Members Posts: 3,049 Joined: 30-April 03 From: Central Florida Member No.: 632 Region Association: None |
On my previous Nissan pickup I installed a set of big ADDCO sway bars with poly bushings. They really helped the handling, but the poly bushings also squeaked and groaned. I read about a fix in a magazine and tried it. I removed the bars and the split poly bushings, wrapped the bars with teflon plumbers tape where they rode in the bushings, replaced the slit bushings and brackets, bolted it all back together, and the squeaking was gone, for years. |
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