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Stanley Steamer
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« on: April 21, 2013, 07:30:23 PM »
How often have you guys changed them out??.......I looked at my maintenance log and the last time I changed them was when Smokin Joe helped me back on June 18, 2008......at 70,564 miles......I'm at around 94,000 miles now.....

The ones we used were the ones from HDL that were made for the I/S.....with the metal spacers already in them........seems like there was someone who was making them out of the same stuff as the shock bushings??....... Undecided
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« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2013, 07:53:45 PM »
You're thinking of Gary "Shock Bushing" Eckermann (aka Þrúðr).  Unfortunately, Gary passed away last year.

My guess is that since you got about 70K out of your first set, you second set should be good for about the same.
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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2013, 03:52:50 AM »

You'll need news ones some day... If you have them on hand,
we'll just inspect them, and change them if needed.

Here's ones that I changed... see the rubber dust?... they seemed
loose, too...



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« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2013, 08:39:29 AM »
Taken individually, the spacers will have a bit of slop.

When the flange is installed there will be no slop.

Some clearance is necessary to allow the flange to install.

Reason being the variations from the manufacturing process.

When considering the drive line and inherent noticeable slop,

slop in the flange/bushing is the least contribution to the total

overall sloppiness in the drive line. Transmission, u-joint and splines

are a much greater contributor to the sloppiness.

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« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2013, 02:03:26 PM »
Quote from: Ricky-D on April 22, 2013, 08:39:29 AM
Taken individually, the spacers will have a bit of slop.

When the flange is installed there will be no slop.

Some clearance is necessary to allow the flange to install.

Reason being the variations from the manufacturing process.

When considering the drive line and inherent noticeable slop,

slop in the flange/bushing is the least contribution to the total

overall sloppiness in the drive line. Transmission, u-joint and splines

are a much greater contributor to the sloppiness.

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Hubcapsc and myself will be checking the splines and stuff when we replace the rear tire.....those were some of the things I had thought about too..... cooldude
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