[urq] Old vs. New A-Arm bushings?

[Todd Phenneger]

Old and NEw are not the same.  Older 1-piece stamped arms from the 83' urq's are slightly smaller.  I'd be VERY Suprised if someone managed to press metal sleeve bushings into one of those arms.  My understanding is that they will not work, you need the older rubber ones.  

I would just press them out and compare them.  Then take them into a machine shop and have them turn down 1/2 of your delrin busings to match.  Its only a difference of a few "mm" if I recall correctly.  

TOdd


--- On Fri, 10/24/08, fdekat <fdekat at sentex.net> wrote:

> From: fdekat <fdekat at sentex.net>
> Subject: [urq] Old vs. New A-Arm bushings?
> To: urq at audifans.com
> Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 8:54 AM
> Hell All:
> 
> I'm wondering if the A arm bushings of the
> 'older' style (one piece?) a arms
> are the same as the newer style  of A arm? (
> 
> (The two part a arm (welded together), same as later 4kq)
> 
> Just looking at them, they both *seem* to have the same
> metal enclased
> bushing that presses in from the 'outer' end of the
> a arm.
> 
> I'm wondering, because I have a set of delrin bushings
> for the 'new' style
> arms, and I'm wondering if they'll fit into the
> older style arms.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> =Frank=
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