Spring Bushings
I had replaced the plastic bushings with a wet bolt kit. The bushings supplied appear to be oilite material. Oilite has a granular structure and will break easily. The photos are of bushings with a...
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It was Dexter parts, I don't know if other brands use the oilite material.
The spring eyes are not a machined surface, just flat steel formed around a mandrel. The spring holes did not change shape and were even better than the new springs that replaced them. The bushings failed because the spring holes are never round or straight and the oilite material will crack unless it is in a perfect hole.
The spring eyes are not a machined surface, just flat steel formed around a mandrel. The spring holes did not change shape and were even better than the new springs that replaced them. The bushings failed because the spring holes are never round or straight and the oilite material will crack unless it is in a perfect hole.
