Another GB from 914rubber.com - Bet you cant break these. SOLID STAINLESS, Rear trailing arm Bushings and support rod $120 for the set |
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Another GB from 914rubber.com - Bet you cant break these. SOLID STAINLESS, Rear trailing arm Bushings and support rod $120 for the set |
Mikey914 |
Nov 30 2017, 10:59 AM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,671 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
Having the experience of rebuilding Matt's barn find, we noticed that there was rust around the edges of the tubes that went through the control arms. After cleaning these up we noticed that these were constructed from hollow tubes that had a plate with a bolt end welded on. The welds had not been cleaned up well and rust had pitted the them and allowed for water penetration actually allowing the inside of the tube to rust.
We made replacement simple. Machining the new tubes from stainless steel they will never be able to rust and fail. Once we had the center shafts ready we made the bushings from rubber just like factory. These proved difficult to install, so we switched this up to poly-graphite and they we much easier to install. So our "kit" comprises 2 - solid stainless steel pivot shafts, and 4 poly-graphite bushings. I have 2 other GBs I'm about to post - The front strut top rubber replacement The A arm bushings - with or without special tools to install Attached thumbnail(s) |
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Dec 1 2017, 04:41 PM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,505 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California |
I'm glad to see you doing this Mark. I have done replacements on 2 914's (one was Ravi's) with the OEM rubber and urethane on another 914. After 10,000 miles the Urethane don't squeak as much as they used to. I'll never forget the first time out of the drive with those urethanes. I thought I had snapped a weld joint. Scared the (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stromberg.gif) out of me. As far as the ride goes I can't tell you because the 914 with urethane bushings has a modified suspension and rides stiffly anyways. The one with rubber is 100% stock so a soother ride. I would say that unless you have a press and 5 arms you might want to consider going with plastic vs. rubber and Mark seems to have the better of the 2 plastic bushing presently. In all fairness I should mention that I did not cut the slit or install a zero fitting as suggested by the other company. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Oh, forgot to mention this. The Haynes manual says the rubber ones can't be replaced and they're damned near right about that! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)
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