Replacement Spherical Bearings for stock toe arms
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Replacement Spherical Bearings for stock toe arms
Anyone know who sells spherical bearings/bushings for stock civic/teg toe arms? I need to keep the stock arm, but want bearings over rubber. Thx!
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Re: Replacement Spherical Bearings for stock toe arms
Aah, I thought I replied but apparently I never hit submit. Sorry.
As you discovered already though, they don't make spherical conversion kits for stock Honda toe arms. We were in the exact same situation with our CRX, as the SCCA Improved Touring rules allow replacing bushings but prohibit replacing suspension arms. I went around to a few machine shops to see if they would be willing to make a conversion kit, and they all turned me down. Apparently there isn't enough metal on the lip that retains the bushing into the stamped steel arm to secure a spherical bearing and a sleeve.
The silver lining is that hard rubber seems to work just fine in that joint. We get a lot less rear end wander down the straights now that that's been upgraded.
As you discovered already though, they don't make spherical conversion kits for stock Honda toe arms. We were in the exact same situation with our CRX, as the SCCA Improved Touring rules allow replacing bushings but prohibit replacing suspension arms. I went around to a few machine shops to see if they would be willing to make a conversion kit, and they all turned me down. Apparently there isn't enough metal on the lip that retains the bushing into the stamped steel arm to secure a spherical bearing and a sleeve.
The silver lining is that hard rubber seems to work just fine in that joint. We get a lot less rear end wander down the straights now that that's been upgraded.
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