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| Bates |
 Mar 15 2018, 08:58 AM
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Bates  Group: Members Posts: 68 Joined: 27-December 13 From: Madison, Virginia Member No.: 16,800 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region  |
I'm replacing the rear bushings and want to allow lubrication via grease fitting.
Do the inner diameter of the bushings pivot on the shaft or do the trailing arms pivot on the outer diameter of the bushings? Bushings seem tighter on the shaft, and that surface area is much smaller than the o.d. |
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| Bates |
Mar 15 2018, 09:15 AM
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Bates Group: Members Posts: 68 Joined: 27-December 13 From: Madison, Virginia Member No.: 16,800 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
After 20 searches I found the answer;
Bushings are fixed to the trailing arms, vulcanized in place originally. Install the bushings, ream i.d. of bushing with a sanding drum, use JB Weld to 'fix' bushes into trailing arm, install pivot shaft while epoxy is curing, then drill for grease fittings. Thanks to posts by Eric Shea and Dave Darling |
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| malcolm2 |
Mar 15 2018, 09:18 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,745 Joined: 31-May 11 From: Nashville Member No.: 13,139 Region Association: South East States 
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QUOTE(Ecke Liebhaber @ Mar 15 2018, 10:15 AM)  Install the bushings, ream i.d. of bushing with a sanding drum, use JB Weld to 'fix' bushes into trailing arm, install pivot shaft while epoxy is curing, then drill for grease fittings. Won't that be for the "plastic" bushings? I used Elephant Racing rubber and no JB Weld. JB Weld seemed to be a hack fix for slippery delrin bushings. |
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| Eric_Shea |
Mar 15 2018, 12:58 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,275 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
QUOTE(malcolm2 @ Mar 15 2018, 09:18 AM) QUOTE(Ecke Liebhaber @ Mar 15 2018, 10:15 AM) Install the bushings, ream i.d. of bushing with a sanding drum, use JB Weld to 'fix' bushes into trailing arm, install pivot shaft while epoxy is curing, then drill for grease fittings. Won't that be for the "plastic" bushings? I used Elephant Racing rubber and no JB Weld. JB Weld seemed to be a hack fix for slippery delrin bushings. Elephant requires all races be JB Welded in place. It's an awesome way to keep a solid bushing in place. Reversible as well. |
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| malcolm2 |
Mar 15 2018, 01:53 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,745 Joined: 31-May 11 From: Nashville Member No.: 13,139 Region Association: South East States
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QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ Mar 15 2018, 01:58 PM) Elephant requires all races be JB Welded in place. It's an awesome way to keep a solid bushing in place. Reversible as well. I started with Rebel racing stuff. Sumpin' just was not right with them. And JB Weld was recommended. Not supplied tho. Not gonna hack my suspension parts. There was a 1/4" gap to fill with JB weld. That is a HACK. Maybe they sent the wrong stuff, but I returned them and moved on. i got no races. I installed all rubber front and rear elephant bushings. They supplied the tools, all I added was some dish washing liquid, the end. I don't plan to doing any racin'. https://www.elephantracing.com/porsche/911/...-gallery-365/0/ |
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Posts in this topic
Ecke Liebhaber Rear Trailing Arm Bushings question Mar 15 2018, 08:58 AM
malcolm2 I have seen bushings with zerk fittings, so the gr... Mar 15 2018, 09:15 AM
Eric_Shea
Elephant requires all races be JB Welded in plac... Mar 15 2018, 01:58 PM HalfMoon
After 20 searches I found the answer;
Bushings ar... Mar 15 2018, 09:31 AM Mikey914 The factory process I doubt was vulcanized. It wou... Mar 15 2018, 09:30 AM Ecke Liebhaber Bushing is supposed to rotate on the shaft.
Bushin... Mar 15 2018, 12:50 PM Ecke Liebhaber I agree with Eric. 1/4" of 'slop' is ... Mar 16 2018, 05:41 AM Eric_Shea RE: Rear Trailing Arm Bushings question Mar 16 2018, 09:27 AM Andyrew http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-1110-152... Mar 16 2018, 09:43 AM |
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