944 Banana Arm Bushings
03-14-2009, 09:27 PM
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944 Banana Arm Bushings
I am upgrading to 30mm t-bars on my '86 N/A, and have run into a snag with the bushings I thought would be easy. Those on the spring plates that I was worried about were not so bad somehow......
I bought the Racer's Edge delrin bushings for the banana arms, and they don't seem to fit. When I took the original rubber bushings out, I removed the outer metal sleeve, and the rubber bushings, leaving the inner metal sleeve and the end of the arm itself.
The problem is the delrin does not want to go into the metal sleeve that is left....seems too wide to go in, even after heating the arm.
Am I also supposed to remove the inner metal sleeve that is left? (in the pics below, it is rust colored)
I bought the Racer's Edge delrin bushings for the banana arms, and they don't seem to fit. When I took the original rubber bushings out, I removed the outer metal sleeve, and the rubber bushings, leaving the inner metal sleeve and the end of the arm itself.
The problem is the delrin does not want to go into the metal sleeve that is left....seems too wide to go in, even after heating the arm.
Am I also supposed to remove the inner metal sleeve that is left? (in the pics below, it is rust colored)
03-14-2009, 09:43 PM
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Three Wheelin'
You might try enlarging the hole slightly (if it's only a hair to small) using this method:
This is Sterling Doc's picture; I hope he doesn't mind me referencing it.
This is Sterling Doc's picture; I hope he doesn't mind me referencing it.
03-14-2009, 10:13 PM
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I am upgrading to 30mm t-bars on my '86 N/A, and have run into a snag with the bushings I thought would be easy. Those on the spring plates that I was worried about were not so bad somehow......
I bought the Racer's Edge delrin bushings for the banana arms, and they don't seem to fit. When I took the original rubber bushings out, I removed the outer metal sleeve, and the rubber bushings, leaving the inner metal sleeve and the end of the arm itself.
The problem is the delrin does not want to go into the metal sleeve that is left....seems too wide to go in, even after heating the arm.
Am I also supposed to remove the inner metal sleeve that is left? (in the pics below, it is rust colored)
I bought the Racer's Edge delrin bushings for the banana arms, and they don't seem to fit. When I took the original rubber bushings out, I removed the outer metal sleeve, and the rubber bushings, leaving the inner metal sleeve and the end of the arm itself.
The problem is the delrin does not want to go into the metal sleeve that is left....seems too wide to go in, even after heating the arm.
Am I also supposed to remove the inner metal sleeve that is left? (in the pics below, it is rust colored)
or didn't the racers edge bushings come with instructions... I just did Elephant Racing monoballs, and they came with instructions... to use a BFH and a drift (punch)... I also took a hacksaw and cut through the inside CAREFULLY to release them, one or two good hits with the hammer and the sleves fall right out... Unless the delrin bushings need the sleeves (the sleves left are part of the OEM rubber bushings by the way...)Good luck, and be careful...don't screw up your naners...
03-14-2009, 10:21 PM
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No instructions with the Racer's Edge.....
Thanks, that's exactly what I needed to know.....whether or not those inner sleeves also come out. I think they have to, because if I put the delrin in the bracket on the torsion tube, they BARELY fit by themselves. So if they also had the extra width of that metal sleeve, no way they would fit in the bracket.
Thanks, that's exactly what I needed to know.....whether or not those inner sleeves also come out. I think they have to, because if I put the delrin in the bracket on the torsion tube, they BARELY fit by themselves. So if they also had the extra width of that metal sleeve, no way they would fit in the bracket.
03-14-2009, 10:27 PM
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No instructions with the Racer's Edge.....
Thanks, that's exactly what I needed to know.....whether or not those inner sleeves also come out. I think they have to, because if I put the delrin in the bracket on the torsion tube, they BARELY fit by themselves. So if they also had the extra width of that metal sleeve, no way they would fit in the bracket.
Thanks, that's exactly what I needed to know.....whether or not those inner sleeves also come out. I think they have to, because if I put the delrin in the bracket on the torsion tube, they BARELY fit by themselves. So if they also had the extra width of that metal sleeve, no way they would fit in the bracket.
Be careful and good luck...
