Rear Trailing Arm Bushing Options
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Rear Trailing Arm Bushing Options
I Have Been Looking To Come Up With An Option To Running Stock Trailing Arm Bushings For A Car Im Building As A Track Car. Stock Rubber Is Clearly Out As It Allows To Much Distortion. Considered Urathain Bushings, But Hear Alot Of Complaints About Binding And Movement Restriction. Herb Adams, some Time Back, Sold A Spherical Bearing And Weld In Housing That Had Snap Rings To Hold The Bearing In Place, But I Believe They Are Now Out Of Business. Have Gone To Several Bearing Houses Locally Which Carry The Bearing, But No Weld In Housing. My Last Consideration Is To Cut OfF The Front End Of The Trailing Arm And Weld In A Female Threaded Tube And Screw In A Rod End And Set It Jam Nuts. The Positive Thought I Had About This Idea Is I Can Ajust The Length Of The Trailing Arms To Compensate For Wheel Tracking, If Need Be. Anyway, Wonder If Anybody Has Any Suggestions/ideas On What I Could Use. Not Concerned About Comfort Or Noise As It Will Not Be Driven On The Street Much. Thanks!
Last edited by wes weigle; Mar 13, 2006 at 08:18 PM.
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If you or anyone else is interested I have a set of stock t-arms WITH the spherical bushings installed...$200 +UPS owns the pair. Also have a set of solid bushed a-arms and a set of camber bars w/heim joints. e-mail direct!! redvetracr@msn.com
