 ovaling of the rear suspention ear, +installation tips on rear susp bushings |
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| ChrisReale |
  Jan 30 2003, 07:40 PM
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Sleazy  Group: Members Posts: 2,665 Joined: 20-January 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 176  |
I fear my right rear suspention ear has been ovaled due to rubbing of the trailing arm shaft and the ear. With the rear jacked up I can move the wheel back and forth. Not much, but I see the trailing arm moving at the ear. I want to catch this before it gets more serious. How much would it cost to fix the ear hole? Is this something I can do in my garage, or should I let the pro's do it? I "might" have access to a welder, but I dont have access to experience.... :toilet:
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| Tony C |
Jan 31 2003, 12:14 PM
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Master of Fire and Metal Group: Members Posts: 273 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Bay Area, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 25 |
The poly bushings are too long and do not allow the center rod to bottom out on the mounting ear. Without the center rod bottoming out it allows the trailing arm to move around under force. The fix when installing the bushings is to grind/shave/file a little off each end of the OUTSIDE of the bushings. Don't over do it though, just enough that it bottoms out.
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ChrisReale ovaling of the rear suspention ear Jan 30 2003, 07:40 PM
Bleyseng The oval shape is supposed to be there, Chris. Par... Jan 30 2003, 08:05 PM ChrisReale If it is supposed to be oval, why is there movemen... Jan 30 2003, 08:15 PM Dave Cawdrey Well, my dad finally caved. I moved the 914 today... Jan 30 2003, 08:45 PM Bleyseng Hey, if I have to drag the welder to Fremont to we... Jan 30 2003, 09:20 PM Dave_Darling One thing I've heard of people doing in this c... Jan 30 2003, 10:43 PM ChrisReale Thanks for the tip Dave. Jan 30 2003, 11:23 PM Brad Roberts The washer ends up not allowing your "lock nut" to... Jan 30 2003, 11:47 PM Dave Cawdrey :smash: Lock-tite!!! Thats what we di... Jan 31 2003, 12:21 AM Tony C The "proper" way to fix it is to weld the hole and... Jan 31 2003, 12:24 AM Brad Roberts Tony (in my redneck dialec) what kind a shiny heat... Jan 31 2003, 12:31 AM Tony C Them there's are the Hooker Header heat exchan... Jan 31 2003, 12:35 AM Bleyseng Looks like you need to git reamed, Chris....lots o... Jan 31 2003, 12:57 AM Tony C A Unibit works great, it is nice and short and wil... Jan 31 2003, 09:35 AM Bleyseng Thanks Tony!
Geoff Jan 31 2003, 10:12 AM cha914 so, how does one install poly bushings incorrectly... Jan 31 2003, 10:50 AM cha914 damn...and I just thought I was almost done...
I ... Jan 31 2003, 02:01 PM Racer Chris If you don't trim the ends of the bushings to ... Feb 1 2003, 08:29 AM Bleyseng So how much are you talking to trim off the bushin... Feb 1 2003, 09:59 AM Racer Chris In order to get the bushing installation right, it... Feb 2 2003, 08:32 AM cha914 I made the bushings fit like you describe...firm t... Feb 2 2003, 01:49 PM Racer Chris Brad Roberts I'm going to shoot two short video's tomor... Feb 5 2003, 10:31 PM
Tony C Also another thing to remember is that when loaded... Feb 5 2003, 10:38 PM |
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