Tell em Leon .................. delrin is hard as a rock, not much shock
absorded there.

Stan

On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:41:33 -0700 Leon Korkin <korkwood@WSHOST.NET>
writes:
> 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.)
> >
> >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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