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Old 05-19-2018, 03:25 PM   #65
John V
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Carmudgeonly Ride: Ram, MS3, CX-5, RX-8
Location: Glenwood, MD
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Yikes. Three months and a day since my last update.

Well. I've been waiting on some parts to arrive as well as some free time, and those two things fell into place this weekend.

First, I had sent out a new set of lower control arms from a Series 2 RX-8 so Fusion Works Fabrication could convert them to spherical bearings. Spherical bearings are nice because they eliminate all the slop associated with rubber bushings, and don't have any tendency to bind like Delrin bushings can. I wish I could claim some sweet fab skill for these, but all I did was provide a credit card number. Anyway, they look pimp!







I can't actually install these at the moment, because I'm having a tubular front subframe made for the car. In the meantime, the guy who did these will be doing a set of rear control links as well, so very shortly the car will have no rubber bushings at all! I will have a set of delrin upper control arm bushings for the front, only because they're not multi-axis bushings and I can build them with an offset for more front camber.
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