Don't worry, I think I phrased my question poorly. My real question is: what
purpose does the metal sleeve in the bushing serve? The extra thickness of
the pins is accomodated by doing away with the metal sleeve.
Eventually I hope to fabricate the support set up, but I am a realist. New
stronger pins with new bushings are probably a step up in safety from the 37
year old pins and original bushings I've been abusing.
Hey we're all driving old cars, many with souped up engines: it is an
ongoing failure analysis. Thanks to the list we get the opportunity to learn
from other people's results too!
Thanks for the input,
Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: DJoh797014@aol.com [mailto:DJoh797014@aol.com]
Sent: August 1, 2002 11:49 PM
To: mmcbeth@peacock.ca
Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Fulcrum pins again
Sorry I misstoodunder your question.
In theory the larger the pin the stronger,
given the pins are the same material. But
I have not seen any results of failure
analysis comparing failure points and
pin sizes. For that matter I know of no
test results that show what the actual
failure point is on any given pin.
Are you saying you would like to volunteer
your vehicle to an actual failure analysis?
Dave Johnson
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