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Brass bushings for improved car
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:32 am
by Barth_Tool_Co
I did some searching but didn't get an answer so I'm wondering if I can use the 09-13 brass shackle bushings the vendors sell instead of the steel ones marketed for the later cars? Aside form drilling a hole or the oiler are they the same size as the steel ones?
Re: Brass bushings for improved car
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:39 pm
by Henry K. Lee
Some fit well and others loose. Just sand the outside of the brass and the spring lightly if this is the case and use JB Weld. Did it to Dad’s 25 years ago and still holding strong.
All the Best,
Hank
Re: Brass bushings for improved car
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 11:21 pm
by Steve Jelf
I don't know why they call those bushings brass, because they're bronze. I use them instead of steel on my 1915 runabout and my 1923 touring. For the touring I drill oil holes. I bought them by size from a bearing company online.
Re: Brass bushings for improved car
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 9:30 am
by Barth_Tool_Co
Steve Jelf wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 11:21 pm
I don't know why they call those bushings brass, because they're bronze. I use them instead of steel on my 1915 runabout and my 1923 touring. For the touring I drill oil holes. I bought them by size from a bearing company online.
Calling them brass seemed odd to me too...
Thanks for the help guys!
Re: Brass bushings for improved car
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 11:08 am
by Original Smith
Why would anyone want to use the steel bushings? I have bronze in every T I own.
Re: Brass bushings for improved car
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 11:27 am
by Mark Gregush
Cost and originality!
But I have to agree. At the cost of replacement shackles, a lot cheaper to install new bronze bushings rather then the whole kit when needed. Mine are steel now, which what was more inline with information before computers in my contact world at the time. (Books!, knew very few people restoring T's way back then)