[urq] Delrin bushings
JShadzi at aol.com
JShadzi at aol.com
Fri Sep 22 00:11:33 EDT 2000
In a message dated 9/21/00 4:32:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
nathan.stuart at maine.edu writes:
<<
> The Delrin bushings I use (from 2B)in my 4KQ road-race car (same as ur-q)
> have no sleeves. I find the bolts loosen very rapidly as you can not
really
> torque them down too tighly or binding will result. 2B supplies a
lubricant
> with theirs, looks like anti-seize but I have no idea of the actual
> composition of the supplied lubricant. The rapid loosening of the bolts
> makes them somewhat impractical/dangerous to use on the street IMFO. I
> finally tired of tightening them after every event (a pain to get a wrench
> up inside the control arms) and drilled the bolts for cotter-pins as a
> safety measure. Beware.
> >>
The newly designed 2B bushings have metal sleeves which definitely helps
in the loosening department. They also recommend that you use lock tite and
double nut them. That is how I have done my car and there is no
loosening-double nutting will solve that. HTH,
Javad
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