Quoting: Roadkill
Dunno. Can only suggest googling all manufacturers and asking but I'm guessing you've already done that.
Yes, although I haven't contacted all of them yet, there does not seem like that many in the first place (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/chiny.gif)
Quoting: Roadkill
Is this for your suspension legs ? - What do the makers of that part say ??
Yes, they are for the spring-plate connection to the torsion bar / axle.
This bit:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/v8_nate/VW%20Bay%201968%20Project/DSCF4245.jpg)
Goes in here:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/v8_nate/VW%20Bay%201968%20Project/DSCF4244.jpg)
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The bushes are technically the correct dimensions for a stock setup, however, I am installing adjustable spring-plates on my bus which is what is causing the problem.
The way the spring-plate is fabricated means instead of having one sized 'tube' with splines in for the torsion bar to connect with, you have two 'tubes' which creates the adjusting mechanism. However, to make one 'tube' fit into another, you obviously need to make one of them bigger.
Now one tube is a few mm larger, when you squeeze the bush on to it, the mass / thickness of the bush remains the same but the 'stretch' of it means it is too big for the recess in the chassis. (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/chiny.gif)
What I could really do with is just skimming a 2mm off the outer circumference of the bush like this:
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Quoting: Roadkill
Surely the company that supplied the adjustable spring plate have encountered this issue before ??
They have now gone out of business, but not for this issue.
Plenty of people have installed these parts, but I think they have re-used old bushes which will have been squashed due to years of use.
I am thinking I just need something spinning and a grinder? (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/chiny.gif)
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Quoting: Cunning Plan
I am thinking I just need something spinning and a grinder?
It's possible. There's old skool guys that create white wall tyres by spinning the wheels and using a grinder to take off some of the rubber on white-lettered tyres.
I've never seen the results close-up but it's the same deal . . . only on a smaller scale.
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