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So apparently you can't buy em'. Anyone make them or know where to get them? Other than buying used shocks?
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I would make them out of a sway bar bushing. You can shape the rubber with a wire brush on a grinder or drill. Then you can reuse the sleeve or get one at the hardware store.
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Get someone with a lathe to make you some, they can be brass, mild steel, even aluminum will work. If you know the required dimensions, you may be able to buy the correct bushings from a source such as McMaster-Carr. Probably $3-4 a piece. Also, Progressive Susp. has shock bushings on the shelf. But you have to know what you need. Dial caliper will do it.
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Keep in mind the stock bushings are shaped like an hourglass unlike the bushings in Hagons or Progressives which are straight.
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Keep in mind the stock bushings are shaped like an hourglass unlike the bushings in Hagons or Progressives which are straight.
And the hourglass config. would be on the O.D. of the bushing to help hold it fast in the surrounding rubber donut? Uhhhh....Why else would they do that? Certainly not to hold lube, just not really needed, it doesn't spin.
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Just occurred to me, that the right sized D.O.M tubing would work, you order it by "O.D x I.D." Just a hacksaw and a rat tailed file for burr clean up needed. A two foot length would run $10 and ship. You could have a lifetime supply for you and your buddies.
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And the hourglass config. would be on the O.D. of the bushing to help hold it fast in the surrounding rubber donut? Uhhhh....Why else would they do that?
I do not know. I only know this because I sent a bushing to a fella in Alaska and it was the devil to get out. I destroyed one before I realized it had a narrow waist. Once I drove the metal sleeve out it was much easier to remove.
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Thanks for the ideas. I'm trying to make replacements for my rebel shocks that I put on
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