Best place to get plastic suspension bushings?

marcush, can you get a picture and point out that rod so i know which one you're referring to?

maybe we should start a new thread for this stuff?

$45 shipped? i can't go less than that. $45 is the ty price, $55 anyone else.

what skids are the same as my V-max so i know what to list them as applications?
 
jrgraham.com shows 2 kits. 1 For steel shocks 578080 22pcs. 31.95. 1 for alum. shocks 578081 18pcs. for 30.95. Don't know my plastics that well but look close to oem. But oem wears out quick, at least the ones with no grease zerks. 45 shipped seems fair if they wear longer.
 
I bought the nylatron from Maxximum last year, but they've closed. If I had a CNC lathe, I'd be doing this already. I believe there is a market and it might be a good idea to look into the 4stroke front end, I think they're wearing fast as well. Contact Richierich or one of the other TY sponsors if you don't want the hassle of selling, they'd probably want to market those.
 
The shaft is in the rear H frame,get down on your knees and look up under and you will see a big wheel.Thats the shaft.Sorry don't have pictures.There are bushings in there as well.It's the most heavy shaft in the skid.You can use it as a barbell.
PS Don't drop it on your toe.
 
I am not sure if any of you guys use this company. We use them every day at work, and they will sell to the public. They are an awesome company and fast deliveries. They have a large selection of plastics and give very good specifications on plastics. If you are considering fabricating the bushings you might want to consider a better plastic than nylatron. I may cost a little more money, but it may be worth the $$s to not have to worry about changing parts all the time. The nylatron is listed as 6/6/ nylon, which is a msd filled nylon.

http://www.mcmaster.com/

Page 3391 has some very good choices.
 
#23 is a wheel the shaft goes through the H frame and has a transfer rod on either side and a #23 wheel on either side.
 
I found the shaft you were talking about marcush. at least i think it's the one. I'll take a look at it and see if aluminum would be a good choice. Otherwise titanium would probably be the better choice as it seems to need to be strong and wear resistant.

I looked at the plastics and I found a better plastic than nylatron. It's called Torlon. the only problem is it would cost about $150 for a set of bushings made from this stuff. it's designed for "severe wear and weather applications."

Is that something you guys would be willing to pay for?
 
Nikemann said:
I found the shaft you were talking about marcush. at least i think it's the one. I'll take a look at it and see if aluminum would be a good choice. Otherwise titanium would probably be the better choice as it seems to need to be strong and wear resistant.

I looked at the plastics and I found a better plastic than nylatron. It's called Torlon. the only problem is it would cost about $150 for a set of bushings made from this stuff. it's designed for "severe wear and weather applications."

Is that something you guys would be willing to pay for?
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Thats getting a little pricy,but in high wear apps it might be worth it...

them alum shafts need to be wear resistant, they wear fast seems like..

if it was a compleat set of bushs maybe..
 
Another thing i'd worry about is if them bush are hard and wear good you
think it would start wearing on the alum shaft then,

then you would have to buy the better shafts you can make then your
looking at more $$...dunno man...
 
I think the nylatron would be the better way to go.
You could by 3 sets of the nylatrons for 150 bucks. That's a lot of seat time and miles I would think.
Just my 2 cents,
mul.
 
You could always hard coat anodize the shaft. If you make a larger quantity, and plan on selling them, the anodizers charger per the batch, and you should be able to make out OK with the anodizing cost. The anodizing usually adds around .001 inch to the size of the part, so you need to be careful of this. You will also need to be careful what grade of aluminum you are using, because some aluminums do nod anodize very well. We use a company called Wepco located in Massachusetts at work for all of our anodizing. You could also set up to anodize your own parts. I understand that it is a pretty simple process.

With the plastics you would need to look at the lubrication properties. If it has a high lubricity, than it wouldn't wear the shaft as fast. Another choice is to install a steel sleeve on the aluminum shaft at the wear areas. Someone had a post on doing this recently. You need to be careful putting steel against aluminum since the dissimilar metals will react with each other causing oxidation. I work with these materials a lot at my job. I fabricate machinery for a medical product manufacturer.
 
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nylatron is self lubricating. there is another highly lubricative plastic, but i'm not sure on wear properties. If there is a problem with wear on the aluminum I can make some hard coated shafts (that sounds wrong on so many levels). I would think that nylatron on hard coating would work great. then again, alot of the collars that the bushings ride on are steel. I machine parts for the printing industry and most of the parts are wear parts. most of the time we use either nylatron, UHMW, or acetal for plastic wear parts. I also found a stack of nylatron rod that I can use to make busings, so I can do the first few batches for less. I dont like the idea of a steel sleve on an aluminum shaft. oxidation would kill it.

On my sled I count 16 nylon bushings. What other sleds have the same skid as my 95 V-max 600? is there anyone in SE WI that would like to bring a sled by sometime in summer so we can get some more bushing dimentions for other applications? there may be some free bushings invovled for you!
 
I know the '93 exciter sx had the same skid maybe the -'91-'92's too.
also any vm from '92-95 some non P/A '96's too

it would be great if you could get patterns for other skids.
 
i have a full nylatron set made for my sled and they fit tight. is there anyone that would like to try a set for a very small fee? i know right now isnt the best time to try to market these...but if anyone is willing to try them out it would be much appreciated. i will make them to fit my sled and anyone that has the same skid can get them to try out. PM me if you're interested in testing them.
 
Nikemann said:
i have a full nylatron set made for my sled and they fit tight. is there anyone that would like to try a set for a very small fee? i know right now isnt the best time to try to market these...but if anyone is willing to try them out it would be much appreciated. i will make them to fit my sled and anyone that has the same skid can get them to try out. PM me if you're interested in testing them.
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PM sent
 
The shaft I was talking about belongs on the proaction skid.This is the skid I would need bushings for.18 in total off the top of my head
 
Nikemann, PM sent

I was looking at the parts diagram for a 95 vmax 600 ...... rear skid looks slightly different than on my 98 vmax.....but i'll be it uses lots of the same bushings.
 
Nick, I did not get a PM from you. Daman was first up so he will get the first set. If you still want a set PM me. I'll see what kind of deal I can work up for you.
 
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