You must be kidding,
delrin is good bearing material, NOT bushing material.
Urethane is ideal material for bushings.
Leon
85 Subwagen Westy

9/10/02 9:28:27 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> wrote:

>Make your own.  Pick up a bar of Delrin at your local plastics house,
>find a machinist and an hour later you got your bushings. (Urethane is
>good, Delrin is better! Delrin is self lubricating.)
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>Heck, I got a lathe, send me the dimensions and I'll make up a handful
>of them.
>
>Jim
>
>Kevin Dawson wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I need to replace my upper control arm bushes and I think I remember reading
>> that someone on the list had replaced theirs with some aftermarket urethane
>> bushes.  I love urethane.  I've found anti-sway bushes, tie rod and ball
>> joint replacement bootees in urethane.  Does anyone on the list know of other
>> Vanagon parts that can be had in urethane?  How about the upper control arm
>> bushes?  I'm not a big fan of "metalastic"  as the OEM upper inner bushes are
>> constructed.  On my British car I've found that a lot of the repo parts with
>> rubber from Taiwan just don't hold up worth a dam.  The high ozone we have
>> here in Southern California makes poor quality rubber go away in short time.
>> Urethane holds up and is often less or the same cost as OEM.  I don't like to
>> do a job more often than I can get away with.
>> Please email me at Calwolfie@aol.com
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kevin Dawson
>> 87' 1/2 Camper
>> 74 1/2 TR-6
>>
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