OD is somewhat critical. Too small and the bushings won't be properly
loaded, too large and they will be damaged.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Alistair Bell
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:03 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Radius Arm (strut) Steel Sleeve Measurement

but seriously, the sleeve is not *that" critical in ID, length is though.

alistair

On 2012-08-29, at 5:25 PM, neil n wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> I'll be replacing the radius arm bushings. My bet is that the steel
> sleeves are at least pretty rusty. Those sleeves are NLA from VW.
>
> I sourced some  DOM ROUND TUBE 0.750 X 0.120  (inch)  steel pipe locally
from:
>
> http://www.metalsupermarkets.com/catalog/STEEL-COLD_ROLLED/TUBE_ROUND/
> DOM
>
> This pipe fits in the new rubber bushing, but the ID is *slightly*
> larger by 0.26 mm
>
> Likely I'm being totally "Type A" about this, but is that 0.26mm
> anything to be concerned about? Like will that play cause wear,
> performance, alignment issues?
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Neil.
>
> --
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