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Offline neil10

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teflon swing arm bushes
« on: October 14, 2009, 02:26:52 AM »
teflon swing arm bushes has anyone used these
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Offline Terry in Australia

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Re: teflon swing arm bushes
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2009, 03:02:23 AM »
While Teflon is a great product with excellent self-lubricating properties, I'd think that it's too soft for swingarm bushes, on a big heavy bike.  (but I'm prepared to be proved wrong..............) ;D
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Re: teflon swing arm bushes
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2009, 03:13:32 AM »
In theory great, but cannot beat the old bronze bushings in practice.

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Re: teflon swing arm bushes
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2009, 03:45:05 AM »
Teflon IS too soft for this application.  Bronze is ideal, and I have made some bushings from Delrin and posted some pics before.  I'll see if I can dig up that post.

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EDIT: here's the link-
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=49037.0
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Re: teflon swing arm bushes
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2009, 08:00:07 AM »
i think hondaman does a swing arm service... not positive though check his thoughts page in the FAQ and he talks about changing them to handle more like a modern sport bike but he said use oil impegnated bronze ones... as far as im concerned what he says goes....
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=7401.0
 its about dead middle of the page and under the "handling in a nutshell"
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Re: teflon swing arm bushes
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2009, 10:13:27 AM »
J&P Cycles sells Delrin swingarm bushings for big twin Harleys.

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Re: teflon swing arm bushes
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2009, 05:23:54 AM »
In all likelihood the "teflon" bushes are not soft pure teflon, but are some sort of filled or reinforced teflon product.  You can get glass-filled, carbon filled, even 60% bronze filled.
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