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> Trailing Arm Spherical Bearing
yeahmag
post Jan 21 2020, 03:25 PM
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It seems to me that the trailing arms are ripe for a spherical bearing mod. The way the rear toe is set leaves much to be desired, even with (if not more) with Delrin/Teflon bushings.

Has anyone tried to modify the inner ears to allow for a spherical bearing?
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post Jan 21 2020, 04:01 PM
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I have the Rebel Racing units and while they are great, I cringe at the idea of running such a small thrust surface as I increase toe in. You can envision how the thrust surface gets smaller and smaller as the angle increases. Now think about the forces I'm putting through it on A7's!

For a long time I thought about self aligning washers (which I use on the RR front teflon bushings for collinearity), but it seems that lots of work would still need to be done to get those to fit. A simple spherical bearing would be an easy fix, especially if someone already has an ovaled out inner ear.
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