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Re: traling arms continued

To: Andrew Packard <apackard@triad.rr.com>
Subject: Re: traling arms continued
From: Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 22:22:19 -0500
    Andrew> ... I pressed in the new, two-halves polyurethane bushings and
    Andrew> inserted the metal sleeve.  I then squeezed the mounting points
    Andrew> into the brackets, and tightened the mounting bolts to the
    Andrew> appropriate ft lbs.  In tightening the mounting bolts, I
    Andrew> squeezed the brackets against the sleeve without compressing the
    Andrew> poly-u bushings at all.  The trailing arm moved easily up and
    Andrew> down with minimal resistance.

Isn't some sort of graphite lubricant called for with these polyu bushings?
You didn't mention using any, so I figured I'd mention it to be sure.

Skip

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