Oilite is relatively soft and will wear quickly. Better to use proper bearing bronze which you can get in round bars of different diameters from any bearing supplier. I have a lathe and have used this to make bushings for a number of bikes with good results. Bearing bronze is also great for making bushings for worn pivot holes on brake and shift levers.
Umm...sorry to differ, but...no. Oilite is 26,000 PSI strength (you can also check all these numbers in the "Machinery's Handbook", any version). The cast composite bearings Honda sells are 8,000 PSI, the phenolic OEM parts were 6,000 PSI, and the original Zamac on the K0/K1 frames was just 3400 PSI strength.
I have built hundreds of swingarms with the Oilite material, and they last a lifetime for the effort. I still offer it as a service, and give a Lifetime Warranty on the work, as the engine will wear out long before the finished arm will.
The SAE660 bronze is even harder, at around 30,000 PSI strength. I make racing arms and the smaller bikes with these, as the smaller bikes had smaller collar diameters and can use some extra strength.
The dimensions vary per year/model of the bike. There are 3 ID sizes on the swingarms, ranging from 1.0420" to 1.0444", the collar ends (when brand new) are either 0.8440" or .8444", depending on which type you have (none are available today, so you must either refurbish your old one to a smaller OD and make custom bushings, or make a new collar and fit bushings to that). There are also 2 different lengths in the 750 arms, depending on year.
All together, there are 12 possible combinations of STOCK parts. As your collar will either need to be polished to a new, smaller OD to make it round (or even smooth) again, there are no bushings that you can buy that will be a direct fit.
The clearances: the difference between the OD of the collar and the ID of the bushing is .0008" to .0012" max. With Oilite bronze, the fit interference should be .0004" to .0008", lest the bearing partially crush and deform during installation. Chances are, you will also find the hole(s) in your swingarm to be WIDER at the outside ends as compared to the inside, by somewhere between .0002" and .0012", depending on how hard the bike was ridden and how well it was greased over the years. The holes are also often oval along the axis of the bike, with the widest portion toward the engine on the chain side and the brake on the left.
Just a few of the words I give to the wise weho wish to make bushings for these: I've made hundreds and hundreds of them!
