i bought a set of the empi poly bushings for the front end and it took all i had to get them in the beem and when i put the front arms in the front end seems to be binding because there way to tight ! before i start to modify the bushing i though i would get your thoughts or has anyone ran into this issue and resolved it let me know how thanks jason

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Theirs no replacement for displacement !

This is fairly typical. Most bushings need to be reamed to fit. You will find that the Poly urathane bushings are really to soft to ream with a blde style however they can be flap wheel sanded. It takes a while to do them with the flap wheel.

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Water cooled Dry Sumped Subaru Powered Turbo Charged Fuel Injected 2500CC Tank. Oh Rah! He who dies with the most Toys not only wins, He also wears them out!

i took a long bar clamp and a small board to push both in easily...i think this is what you were talking about...grease em up and go at it...also heat helps too...i was to scared to try to reem them or work on them to file down....

thanks odyknuck , your saying use the flap disc on the id of the bushing correct ? thanks jason

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Theirs no replacement for displacement !

had no luck with the red poly bushings ,they have come out with some new ones to replace these.dont no if you have the red ones but if you do it's a pain to get them in and i hope you have better luck with them than i did.chad

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NOW GAS IT!!!!!

I ran into the same thing . Once I finally got it together it was extremely stiff . I left it like that and it is alot better after 5 or 6 trips . It is still on the stiff side but gets better every ride. I will reem the next ones some how .

just for the fun of it you did remove the old bearings

Get a 1/2" wood dowel about 10" long & cut a 3" slot down the middle of one end & slide a 3"x6" piece of emery cloth in the slot & chuck it up in your drill.

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yep inner and outer gone

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Theirs no replacement for displacement !

Yes the ID. Personally I would use the Delrin bushings with the seperate thrust washer. They are harder, last longer and can be reamed to fit with a cheapo Enco adjustable reamer.

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Water cooled Dry Sumped Subaru Powered Turbo Charged Fuel Injected 2500CC Tank. Oh Rah! He who dies with the most Toys not only wins, He also wears them out!

You probably have the wrong size. There are three sizes that I know of and the steel tubing version would do exactly that on a stock front end.

Mark

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Mark "Crash" Johnson
Blind Chicken Racing
http://www.blindchickenracing.com

i had my driver side upper bearing break and replaced only that one with the red one and now that side is stiff as hell with almost no give and the pasenger sidebounces on down the trail, i can stand on my beam on the driver side and jump on it and it does not move!

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ANTI- antifreeze!!!!!!

I have tried the white ones and blue ones. The white ones crack easy and I think every time I get them, they are different sizes! The blue ones are cheaper and I think work better. I got them from McKenzies. The last set of white ones I used, I turned the outside down on the lathe, and also opened the inside up.

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Maybe you should chug on over to mamby pamby land....

I use the Blue ones with the white thrust washers

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Water cooled Dry Sumped Subaru Powered Turbo Charged Fuel Injected 2500CC Tank. Oh Rah! He who dies with the most Toys not only wins, He also wears them out!

I run the white ones... I welded a 3/4 bolt/washer to the end of a 1-1/2" tubing and wrapped it with sand paper. I used an impact driver and reemed each bushing in about 20 seconds!

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A broken clock is right two times a day.

The Empi bushings are JUNK, I seen somebody ran a set and it got wore out fairly quick because they are too soft, I am running a set of Saco white bushings with the thrust washers made on the end, it made a huge difference on how the front end operates now.

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"Loud pipes saves lives"

I run secret alloy thrust washers

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Maybe you should chug on over to mamby pamby land....

I took a bar of UHMW and made my own. It worked out great, and they were FREEEE.

Dave

Thats the best solution I've heard yet. Ingenious.

Gotta watch which beam you get, too. The oem ones that have the roller bearings in them take only a thrust washer/seal at the end of the beam.