[Fot] TR4 lower wishbone bushings

Bill Babcock ponobill at gmail.com
Tue Nov 8 11:07:38 MST 2016


I still don’t get it. I’ve replaced these things many times and never had to ream or hone anything. 


> On Nov 8, 2016, at 10:06 AM, Dave <dlhogye at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bill,
> The outer bushings are honed to fit the new trunnion.
> 
> // Dave 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Nov 8, 2016, at 9:42 AM, Bill Babcock <ponobill at gmail.com <mailto:ponobill at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>> When you say bushing, are you referring to the distance piece— 661-790? That is not supposed to rotate freely on the trunnion. The bearing surface is between the piece that goes over the trunnion arm and the poly or nylon bushing. 
>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 8, 2016, at 9:27 AM, Dave <dlhogye at comcast.net <mailto:dlhogye at comcast.net>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Bob,
>>> I had a machine shop hone them after I installed the bushings.  Low cost and done correctly.  
>>> 
>>> Dave H.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>> On Nov 7, 2016, at 6:02 PM, Bill <ponobill at gmail.com <mailto:ponobill at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> You shouldn’t need to ream them, the bushings I have always used fit as is. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 7, 2016, at 1:21 PM, Robert Blake <rblake36 at yahoo.com <mailto:rblake36 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am installing new bushings on the lower wishbones of my TR4 and my challenge is now to hone them to the right ID to fit properly on the trunnion.  I have not been able to find a hone small enough to fit the bushings.  Any suggestions would be welcome. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,  Bob Blake
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