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Yep, I got them today. Installing and testing after I eat. So... I'll report back with the results at like 6:00PM or so. That's EST.
Edit: They don't work. Bleh. The bronze is too soft. It looks like my old bushing material (the aluminum alloy) did work though. It was the stainless steel washers that didn't hold up under the pressure and caused the play. At least that's what it looks like. I'll go and get some better washers and re-try those aluminum alloy spacers.
I've got everything installed with the harder washers. We'll see if that works. I'll test it out tonight. Although I think I'll change out the spacers too. Aluminum is just too soft; no matter what alloy it is. I might do something like Hotchkis did. Simply use polyurethane spacers. They flex back and forth, so they take shock very well. Solid bushings would be better, but I'm starting to see that they would need to be hella solid for them to work. We'll see...
The last spacer material I tried did indeed not work. The end links became loose again. Although I'm pretty sure that the washers stood up to the forces at play, so at least one problem is solved.
I've been looking throught McMaster.com and Grainger.com all day trying to find something that I could use as a spacer, but it's really tough to find something with the specifications I need. Bleh.
There might be another solution. There are these things called spherical washers... The male spherical washer might work for one side of the end link, but I'de need something else for the other side.
The situation is... I need to come up with an idea for the spacers. I'll report back when one pops into my head.
OMG, you are looking threw the McMaster website, have you by any chance see the stupid book they put out, its like 2,000 pages or more... i have one at work... good luck....
thanx for the translation robbclark1
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Grey...no matter how beefy you make those things i'll figure out a way to break them. I've gone through 2 stock end links in the rear, and a pair of rsx-s end links also rear. All have broken on the track .
Originally posted by wannabeblown Grey...no matter how beefy you make those things i'll figure out a way to break them. I've gone through 2 stock end links in the rear, and a pair of rsx-s end links also rear. All have broken on the track .
thats cause they were STOCK
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Originally posted by wannabeblown Grey...no matter how beefy you make those things i'll figure out a way to break them. I've gone through 2 stock end links in the rear, and a pair of rsx-s end links also rear. All have broken on the track .
Well, I hope my end links will hold up. I'm going to be testing them like mad when I get the design finalized. If someone does end up breaking a set of my end links, then I will re-design them. I doubt that this will happen though.
I think they'll get here tomorrow. I hope so anyway. 
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