Urethane bushings for Tension rod
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Mayhem_J30
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Urethane bushings for Tension rod
does anybody know where i could have urethane bushings made for my tension rods? does the J30 TR's share part #'s with any other nissan vehicle?
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Q45tech
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To use the word bushing with urethane is a misnomer. The urethane does not give, it is there as a spacer and effectively is hard a steel in compression [over the loads we have on the suspension]. It does wear from friction and get sloppy and loose.
Might as well get all metal adjustable caster rods and gain from the adjustability!
Might as well get all metal adjustable caster rods and gain from the adjustability!
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Mayhem_J30
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Q45tech wrote:To use the word bushing with urethane is a misnomer. The urethane does not give, it is there as a spacer and effectively is hard a steel in compression [over the loads we have on the suspension]. It does wear from friction and get sloppy and loose.
Might as well get all metal adjustable caster rods and gain from the adjustability!
well, wasn't sure what other word to use in place of 'bushing' since that's exactly what it won't do. i would get all steel rods but none are available.the idea of the urethane wearing and becoming loose is concerning. i didn't originally think of that. my original purpose for looking for urethane was for the exact opoposite of that reason, looking for something that won't wear as quickly. I could probably have rods easily created in a machine shop. It seems like a simple design.
