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| Group Buy: Spherical Bearing Shells for front lower control arm inner pivots (Page 3/7) |
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Will
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OCT 05, 10:24 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Wichita:
Thanks for the info on the bespoke parts. Yes. The shells and the spacers, if you were just to buy those only.
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I PM'd you payment info for the deposit.
Do you just want to find your own best price on the spherical bearings and snap rings?[This message has been edited by Will (edited 10-05-2020).]
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Will
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OCT 19, 04:46 PM
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Parts are done. I should be able to get started on an installation pictorial this weekend.
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Will
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OCT 25, 08:52 AM
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First batch of Fiero Front Lower Control Arm Spherical Bearing Shells:
Removing the old bushings was actually kind of difficult
I'm using one of the spherical bearings shells (destined for my car; that's not a customer part) and a random piece of tubing as press mandrels. Yes, this raised a burr on both the shell an the control arm, which I then had to clean up with a file before they'd go back together. No big... they're going to be welded and painted.
The part in the middle supporting the ears of the control arm is a 2" conduit clamp that I narrowed to 1.210 using a belt sander. That's the perfect width for working with the '88 front lower control arms.
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Will
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OCT 26, 11:38 PM
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Some fairly surgical media blasting to clean up the control arms for welding:
Shells slipped into the control arm in prep for installation to the crossmember in order to be tack-welded in place.
The shells are a slip fit in the control arms. Making them a press fit would result in not having a good way to control the axial separation distance. A mismatch between the separation of the shells and the separation of the pivots on the crossmember or cradle would put an axial load on the bearings and probably reduce their service life.
Ooops... I don't think I grabbed a photo of the arm bolted into the body pre-welding.
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Iain
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NOV 02, 08:57 AM
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Sorry, I'm not going to be able to take part. Can't get a buyer for all my bushings, and laid out too much already to just sideline them.
iain
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pmbrunelle
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NOV 02, 07:36 PM
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Iain
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NOV 06, 09:08 AM
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Lol, good one.
It's the colossal amount I've spent on carriage and Customs that offends me most, that dwarfs the cost of the bloomin' parts.
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Will
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NOV 06, 09:15 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Iain:
Lol, good one.
It's the colossal amount I've spent on carriage and Customs that offends me most, that dwarfs the cost of the bloomin' parts. |
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I already have a buyer signed up for one set of the next batch. We can discuss shipping and such if you're interested.[This message has been edited by Will (edited 11-06-2020).]
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Will
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NOV 06, 09:18 AM
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I was not able to get a photo of the control arms tacked. I'll get a photo of them hanging in place in the position in which they were tacked next weekend.
Control arms welded:
This one actually shows something you're best off avoiding: melting/burning through the edge of the shell to the ID of the seal bore. Ooopsie.
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Iain
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NOV 11, 11:35 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Will:
I already have a buyer signed up for one set of the next batch. We can discuss shipping and such if you're interested.
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I'd love to Will, I really would, but I've changed direction too many times on this car already, I'm desperate to get it rolling next year.
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