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Help me out fellas
Posted on 4/23/16 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 4/23/16 at 1:46 pm
I need to make a rubber bushing out of something, and I'm not sure of the best way to do it.
The finished part needs to be circular, about 3" long, 1/2"ID with 3/4" OD. Best I've got so far is to look for some rubber tubing that fits and cut it, but I'm not seeing it. Also leaning towards using the part and a bolt to make a mold and filling it in with some type of rubber sealant like flex seal and letting it cure, but I'm not sure what would be the best kind to get.
Anyone done something like this?
The finished part needs to be circular, about 3" long, 1/2"ID with 3/4" OD. Best I've got so far is to look for some rubber tubing that fits and cut it, but I'm not seeing it. Also leaning towards using the part and a bolt to make a mold and filling it in with some type of rubber sealant like flex seal and letting it cure, but I'm not sure what would be the best kind to get.
Anyone done something like this?
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Posted on 4/23/16 at 1:50 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
Could you just go get some bushing for like a anti sway bar and then just put a couple of them together?
Posted on 4/23/16 at 1:55 pm to kengel2
Not familiar with those, is the rubber part something that could be bought separate from the whole part?
Posted on 4/23/16 at 2:02 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
Make a sand mold and fill it with finely ground plastic. Then stick it in the oven or put a blow torch on it
Posted on 4/23/16 at 2:23 pm to texag7
Not a bad idea but it can't be brittle. This is a spacer for the mounting bracket of a leaf spring.
Posted on 4/23/16 at 2:26 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
Take a picture of the bracket, etc
Are you talking about the bushing the bolt goes through?
Are you talking about the bushing the bolt goes through?
Posted on 4/23/16 at 2:29 pm to Hammertime
Yessir, it's the front eye of a slip-style leaf spring. Bolt goes through the rubber, rubber goes inside the eye.
Posted on 4/23/16 at 2:33 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
They sell leaf spring bushings at autozone. Just bring your dimensions and pick one that will work.
This post was edited on 4/23/16 at 2:34 pm
Posted on 4/23/16 at 2:35 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
3 magnum cundoms, back to front to back, drill correct size hole through em, done.
Posted on 4/23/16 at 2:51 pm to kengel2
The guy at autozone looked at me like I'd lost my mind, and I can't find it on their online catalog but I'll look again. New leaf springs just come with them.
Posted on 4/23/16 at 2:52 pm to Ole Geauxt
That's with or without lube?
Posted on 4/23/16 at 3:34 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
You're gonna want to get an actual leaf spring bushing for that. Anything else will deteriorate
Posted on 4/23/16 at 3:41 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
Posted on 4/23/16 at 5:56 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
Cock ring
Posted on 4/23/16 at 10:16 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
quote:
That's with or without lube?
I'd say without, don't need the viscosity, especially if da bushin' ain't goin' into da bush.
Posted on 4/23/16 at 10:32 pm to Ole Geauxt
What the hell you doing up so late, hunten bush?
Posted on 4/24/16 at 10:25 am to TheDrunkenTigah
Can you use vinyl tubing? If so, 1/2 X 3/4 is a very common size that you can get at Home Depot
Posted on 4/24/16 at 11:58 am to TheDrunkenTigah
The part that you describe is generally rubber sandwiched between two pieces of metal...nothing that you make yourself is going to last a week.
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