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Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 10:55 am
by Zamani
JimGreek wrote:Yeah, use your best red nail polish
I just did the same on a 2.5 head someone gave me for cutting, I'll post pics when ready.
Jim K.
Nail polish? Barry are you hiding something from us? Hahaha
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 11:49 am
by Barry
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 6:38 pm
by sira
It look very good, I am begining restoration of my 75 suspention and didn't find bushes for lower arms (I find polyflex for upper arm), and now you give me idea, thanks a lot.
But I'm interested what is that "white housing material" is it teflon???
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 8:33 pm
by Barry
You can use ptfe,vesconite,nylon,brass,alliminium,steel,etc....anything will do the job..
Re: Front lower controll arm bearing..-Barry
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:07 am
by tuah
@barry, thank you for the cool idea. yeah, I got the solution now! time to restore my 75 suspension. Cheers!
Tuah
Re: Front lower controll arm bearing.
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:50 pm
by Alfa 75 Racer
Hi Barry !
I´m new in this Forum and would have some more questions about the machining of the sleevs for the bearings.
Is there anything which blocks the axle (where the bearings were fixed) from mooving inside the wholes of the lower arm ?
From my point of view it´s theoreticaly possible that the complete assembly of the axle with the bearings can moove in the direction of the torsions-bar, not in direction of the big end cap because there you can srew in the cap.
Do you have machined the sleevs so that you have to press in the bearings or are they mooving inside the sleevs ?
Please write me back (via PM or e-mail), I have to do this work on my Race Alfa Romeo 75 V6 Gr. A.
If you are interested, I can send you some pictures of my racer.
Thank´s a lot Barry
Many greetings from Austria
Wolfgang
Re: Front lower controll arm bearing.
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:40 am
by Mats
Welcome Wolfgang!
Please introduce yourself here:
viewforum.php?f=17
I bet more people are interested in you and your car and it's good for everybody to have this info int the forum (the tech solution)
Re: Front lower controll arm bearing.
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:25 am
by kevin
Barry did this for me many years ago on my car . He machined a sleeve out of nylon which the bearings went into .
Re: Front lower controll arm bearing.
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:36 pm
by Alfa 75 Racer
Hi Guys !
During the weekend I had a bit of time and so I removed a set of lower arms out of an old 75 3,0 V6 and then I "Played" a little with aluminium and mashined spacers and sleeves for the new construction with ball bearings. I also have made the sleeves on the torsion bar side with an end stop for the bearings. So there is now no possibility that the whole axle with bearings move inside the sleeves in axial direction. On the other side I mashined the big end caps so that the it will fix sleeve and outside diameter of the bearing.
I´ve made some pictures where you can see, ... take OLD make NEW.
Many greetings from Austria
Wolfgang
Re: Front lower controll arm bearing.
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:58 am
by bteoh
Nice work
Maybe you should produce some and sell them - I am sure you will have a few takers
Cheers