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Old 12-17-2011, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by metalstudman1 View Post
I'll be tearing the frontend on off the Spiderbox soon and I'll check- the sleeve is thick, probably 1/4" and there's an air space between the tube and the (Galv.) sleeve, no problem with the threads on the grease zerk.There's a gap from the bronze bushings to the end of the sleeve as well (I'll have to measure that).The bolt is the metric size just under 1/2" as I replaced mine with grade#8- 1/2" and had to drill it out a tiny bit for it to fit. None of the Spiderbox A-arm parts are that close of tolerance other than the bronze bushing and hole at the bulkhead.
No need to bother going through the trouble of measuring, i was just wondering how you guys were installing them --what i've put together is so far from stock that it can't be done. But if i put sintered bronze sleeves in, they're self lubing anyway. kind of neat cutting/grinding it and seeing the lubricant (graphite i think) come out with the heat.