spherical bearing grades
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spherical bearing grades
My car is going to be on jackstands for a while so Ive been looking at differnt upgrades. Im thiniking about making my own spherical bearing setup, but I'm not sure what is a good grade of bearing for our application? Where do you guys get your bearings from? I found these websites
http://www.aurorabearing.com/
http://www.fkrodends.com/Precision%2...20Bearings.htm
I dont have a problem measuring and pressing out bearings, but Im not sure which grade bearing is good for oour cars? Nylone race, steel, alloy, aerospace? What is good enough quality for our cars without breaking my bank?
http://www.aurorabearing.com/
http://www.fkrodends.com/Precision%2...20Bearings.htm
I dont have a problem measuring and pressing out bearings, but Im not sure which grade bearing is good for oour cars? Nylone race, steel, alloy, aerospace? What is good enough quality for our cars without breaking my bank?
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for the trailing arms on a 2nd gen. I just hear all these things about binding issues, so polyurethane doesnt sound like such a good upgrade, and even worse, delrin
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Aurora is commonly used on race cars. Look at the load bearing numbers, and try to get this as high as possible. Look for lined races, they'll usually keep the slop down better over time compared to metal on metal. Consider some sort of system to keep dust and dirt out of them, some places sell cupped boots that can be installed like washers to help with this. If there's choices of widths, go wide, you won't need much angle on them. Get as big a bearing as you can fit in there. Don't limit yourself to metric bearings, an imperial with a sleeved down center will work too.
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You do know what your getting into? I would not recommend a lot of these bearings and rod-ends for a street car. They tend to get so noisy and make everything so harsh. My bro had some after-market control arms on his firebird with rod ends. They wore out so fast... then, he had another pair which i think were ptfe lined, those wore out too! I'm sure the biggest problem is the location, they were located in a spot thats exposed to a lot of grime and dirt, that just eats them away. We use spherical bearings on my schools formula car all the time, but that never sees the miles and grime that a street car sees.
I know they make sealed rod ends, those should last a bit longer. I would definitely check those out.
I know they make sealed rod ends, those should last a bit longer. I would definitely check those out.
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You do know what your getting into? I would not recommend a lot of these bearings and rod-ends for a street car. They tend to get so noisy and make everything so harsh. My bro had some after-market control arms on his firebird with rod ends. They wore out so fast... then, he had another pair which i think were ptfe lined, those wore out too! I'm sure the biggest problem is the location, they were located in a spot thats exposed to a lot of grime and dirt, that just eats them away. We use spherical bearings on my schools formula car all the time, but that never sees the miles and grime that a street car sees.
I know they make sealed rod ends, those should last a bit longer. I would definitely check those out.
I know they make sealed rod ends, those should last a bit longer. I would definitely check those out.
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