was thinking more along this

http://www.oilite.com/bearings2.asp?type=oilite&subtypeid=2

site shows pics on other pages. its bronze coloured, well after all
it is sintered bronze.

as to ball bearing type bearings, they would be nice, maybe a tad
more work to make fit.

either way, you'd have to bore out pedal hole, and maybe just to a
press fit for the oilite bearing.

I get the occasional squeak from that area on clutch pedal, bugs me
and its kinda awkward to get the spray grease up there.

alistair

On 2-Jul-10, at 12:45 PM, neil n wrote:

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> bronze is not self lubricating, oil impregnated bronze, as in
> Oilite, is
> though.
>
> you can get plain bearings/bushing in that material in a range of
> sizes, nd
> of course can be machined for final fit.
>

Thanks Alistair. That makes sense.

Maybe something like this?
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/230853593/oilite_Bushing.html

Looks similar to what is used in the clutch housing (blind hole
passenger side cross shaft bushing)

Don wrote:

> You could find a sealed bearing that fits the pin, then find a
> small chunk of pipe for a bearing carrier. Drill the appropriate
> size >hole in the clutch arm, weld in the pipe chunk,  and press
> the bearing in.

Thanks. That would be great to do. Would out last the vehicle I'm sure!

A quick look at this pic, and it seems one might need to add metal to
arm to support the pipe/bearing

http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/530766.jpg

Still, my guess is that even if one added material, that end of the
pedal should clear whatevers near it.

Neil.

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