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| toon1 |
 Sep 11 2007, 11:08 PM
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I pulled the trailing arms today and the bushings look ok.
HOw can I check them to see if they are still usable? Will the stock bushings survive powder coating? Attached image(s)  
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| PeeGreen 914 |
Sep 12 2007, 12:23 AM
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Just when you think you're done...wait, there is more..lol Group: Members Posts: 10,219 Joined: 21-September 06 From: Seattle, WA... actually Everett Member No.: 6,884 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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Ummmm.... Roller as in needle? Don't do that.... You will be sorry if you do that. Do the Elephant racing bearings. Your car will be that much nicer.
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| Mueller |
Sep 14 2007, 08:46 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,155 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(Blood red 914-6gt @ Sep 11 2007, 11:23 PM)  Ummmm.... Roller as in needle? Don't do that.... You will be sorry if you do that. Do the Elephant racing bearings. Your car will be that much nicer. I have yet to have one return on the bearings due to abnormal wear...will they wear, yes, all things that turn will eventually wear....and yes, roller bearings are the happiest when spun in a continous manner (they are not one-directional unless you have the clutch type) The bronze bushings will also wear down and will need periodic checking/greasing as well. There is no one perfect solution, if it moves, it will need checking/replacing sometime in the future. Being that the needle bearings have more parts per assembly, yes, there is a much greater chance of something failing, if a something goes wrong with a bronze bushing, more than likely all that will happen is the clearances between the bushing and the sleeve gets bigger and you'll have some looseness in the suspension. |
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toon1 Trailing arm bushings Sep 11 2007, 11:08 PM
toon1 enigine bay and under trunk got primered Lotta wor... Sep 11 2007, 11:10 PM hwgunner My recolection is that powder coating ovens are se... Sep 11 2007, 11:33 PM ConeDodger I do not think the bushings will survive. Even if ... Sep 11 2007, 11:49 PM Krieger914 Your car looks great! The only problem is tha... Sep 12 2007, 12:10 AM kconway I'm prepping my engine compartment also and ha... Sep 12 2007, 12:32 AM
Blood red 914-6gt
I'm prepping my engine compartment also and h... Sep 12 2007, 12:50 AM toon1 I've been reading on the different types of bu... Sep 12 2007, 12:43 AM Blood red 914-6gt
I've been reading on the different types of b... Sep 12 2007, 12:54 AM toon1
I'm prepping my engine compartment also and h... Sep 12 2007, 12:46 AM toon1
I've been reading on the different types of ... Sep 12 2007, 01:04 AM Blood red 914-6gt That sounds like a good idea. Maybe you can find s... Sep 12 2007, 01:08 AM Rand This is the first time I've ever heard anythin... Sep 12 2007, 01:34 AM Blood red 914-6gt Hey Rand
This info all comes from Greg Fordahl...... Sep 12 2007, 02:10 AM jd74914 I can't understand why needle bearing would be... Sep 12 2007, 07:16 AM neo914-6 How can bearings be uni-directional if you put the... Sep 12 2007, 09:08 AM jd74914 Thats why I don't understand it Felix . . . un... Sep 12 2007, 09:20 AM Blood red 914-6gt Yes Jim... that is what he said. They will have a ... Sep 12 2007, 11:28 AM Joe Ricard Race car gets race parts and those parts get inspe... Sep 12 2007, 11:48 AM PRS914-6 Regarding the needle bearings and one direction...... Sep 14 2007, 11:09 PM kwales Roller bearings are unidirectional and will rotate... Sep 15 2007, 09:33 AM Bartlett 914
Roller bearings are unidirectional and will rotat... Sep 15 2007, 09:42 AM burton73 At was at the same place as you when picking beari... Sep 15 2007, 12:52 PM Blood red 914-6gt lol... thanks Bob. I was just told to look at the ... Sep 15 2007, 11:40 PM roadster fan Thanks for the link to elephant and the explanatio... Sep 16 2007, 01:27 AM kwales I would also think that race cars would wear worse... Sep 16 2007, 03:14 PM Brando On a side note... Roller bearings would be awesome... Sep 16 2007, 03:16 PM Aaron Cox what is the diameter of each roller in the roller ... Sep 16 2007, 06:11 PM neo914-6 Who has actually measured a brinneling issue in ou... Sep 16 2007, 09:56 PM |
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