Making my own Bushings.
03-22-10, 03:41 PM
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Making my own Bushings.
So Ive decided since no one makes upper/lower control arm bushings for 95-97 ls400's. I'm just going to make my own. Ive done this on other cars Ive had and its worked great. Hope if works well with the lexus. I will be using liquid urethane. The compound is 80a shore. I believe it wont be too stiff. I have used 94a before and it was pretty rough. I'll keep this thread updates as I continue the process. What do you guys think. I already ordered the strut rod bushings. lol. Im not going to try and attack that one.
03-22-10, 05:48 PM
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Well first Im going to pull the control arm off. I will press out (torch out) the old bushing and clean up the ID of the control arm. I will keep the inner metal bushing and clean it up as well.
Once this is all done, I will then tape off one side of the control arm. I will position the metal bushing in the center and start pouring the liquid urethane in. MAKING SURE THE METAL BUSHING STAYS CENTERED. As it starts to set-up I will slowly pull out the inner bushing, let the whole thing dry, then lube up the metal bushing and put it back in. Any questions?
Once this is all done, I will then tape off one side of the control arm. I will position the metal bushing in the center and start pouring the liquid urethane in. MAKING SURE THE METAL BUSHING STAYS CENTERED. As it starts to set-up I will slowly pull out the inner bushing, let the whole thing dry, then lube up the metal bushing and put it back in. Any questions?
03-22-10, 06:00 PM
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If you understand how urethane works... Here is the chart of all the different compounds.
Again I purchased 8644k11
http://www.mcmaster.com/#urethane-ca...pounds/=6c2bge
Again I purchased 8644k11
http://www.mcmaster.com/#urethane-ca...pounds/=6c2bge
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03-23-10, 09:27 AM
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Well, Im using a pretty soft compound. I believe that the Daizen and ADUS bushings are all 94a. Much harder compound. IM using 80A
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03-23-10, 06:27 PM
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This was an interesting site:
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=146478
I'm not familiar with these types of cast products. Is this mixture prone to air bubbles once the harder is introduced/ mixed in?
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=146478
I'm not familiar with these types of cast products. Is this mixture prone to air bubbles once the harder is introduced/ mixed in?
03-24-10, 12:52 AM
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This was an interesting site:
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=146478
I'm not familiar with these types of cast products. Is this mixture prone to air bubbles once the harder is introduced/ mixed in?
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=146478
I'm not familiar with these types of cast products. Is this mixture prone to air bubbles once the harder is introduced/ mixed in?
wow pretty impressive...
03-25-10, 08:26 AM
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