Castor Correct Radius Arms vs. New Bushes
#11
I just installed RTE 3° corrected arms. The highway steering is night and day. Feels like stock now above 60 mph. The correction did effect the pinion angle of the front diff, so I now have vibrations from the Lucky 8 drive shaft. A HD drive shaft from GBR should arrive tomorrow, and I believe will cure the vibrations. Should be smooth sailing on road trips now!
#12
FYI... I took my Terrafirma arms and Allmakes standard bushings to my shop, and he said the 4 bushings from arm to axle are not going to fit. He said they might fit if he chamfers the bushing, but is not optimistic. I think I agree with him.
I put in an inquiry to Terrafirma to figure out what to do. Maybe they are meant for poly's.. but I can't see the size being different. If anyone has any ideas let me know
I put in an inquiry to Terrafirma to figure out what to do. Maybe they are meant for poly's.. but I can't see the size being different. If anyone has any ideas let me know
#13
FYI... I took my Terrafirma arms and Allmakes standard bushings to my shop, and he said the 4 bushings from arm to axle are not going to fit. He said they might fit if he chamfers the bushing, but is not optimistic. I think I agree with him.
I put in an inquiry to Terrafirma to figure out what to do. Maybe they are meant for poly's.. but I can't see the size being different. If anyone has any ideas let me know
I put in an inquiry to Terrafirma to figure out what to do. Maybe they are meant for poly's.. but I can't see the size being different. If anyone has any ideas let me know
#15
Thats what I thought. How did you get the bushings in? Genuine or? The axle side bushes are a good 2-4 mm wider all around.. i.e. 4-6 mm wider in diameter. If I put them in a press they'd just squish and shatter the bush...
i might try the britpart poly set for about 65 bucks, they may be worse than rubber, but that's one less thing I have to depend on a shop for. I've practically rebuilt the whole car at this point and only needed a machinist (top hats, valve job), and a tire shop to mount tires.
why terrafirma doesn't put bushes in these like they do all their other components is annoying.
i might try the britpart poly set for about 65 bucks, they may be worse than rubber, but that's one less thing I have to depend on a shop for. I've practically rebuilt the whole car at this point and only needed a machinist (top hats, valve job), and a tire shop to mount tires.
why terrafirma doesn't put bushes in these like they do all their other components is annoying.
Last edited by Jeff Blake; 04-12-2017 at 11:20 AM.
#16
I went with poly in my RTE arms because RTE called and said the oe bushings they ordered wouldn't fit either. Maybe there was a bad batch put out recently. They said the oe bushes were too large to press in. They had poly in stock and I didn't want to wait. So far, I'm really pleased with the poly.
#17
waaay back when I used replace a lot of track arm bushings in our heavy equipment, we had a "socket" style tool that you use with the press. You pressed the new bushing down through, and the socket would squeeze/choke the bushing and allow it to slide (with wd40 lube) into the arm. Otherwise you would NEVER get a rubber bushing to press into something, or you would die trying??
#18
Thats what I thought. How did you get the bushings in? Genuine or? The axle side bushes are a good 2-4 mm wider all around.. i.e. 4-6 mm wider in diameter. If I put them in a press they'd just squish and shatter the bush...
i might try the britpart poly set for about 65 bucks, they may be worse than rubber, but that's one less thing I have to depend on a shop for. I've practically rebuilt the whole car at this point and only needed a machinist (top hats, valve job), and a tire shop to mount tires.
why terrafirma doesn't put bushes in these like they do all their other components is annoying.
i might try the britpart poly set for about 65 bucks, they may be worse than rubber, but that's one less thing I have to depend on a shop for. I've practically rebuilt the whole car at this point and only needed a machinist (top hats, valve job), and a tire shop to mount tires.
why terrafirma doesn't put bushes in these like they do all their other components is annoying.
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