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1. Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: DJoh797014@aol.com; Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 23:27:40 EDT; Fellow enthusiasts, The following is written with my sincere belief it may save a life. Comments welcome. DELRON BUSHING WARNING! In 1974 while doing about 70 mph on QE2 just north of Lake Ontario, t; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00113.html (11,503 bytes)
2. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: "Paul J. Burr" <tigerpb@ids.net>; Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 12:30:06 -0400; Glad to hear no one got hurt. This is the reason I sold my Tiger. I had rebuilt the entire front end and rack using the CAT "Time Bomb" article as a guide. Every fastener was replaced with grade 8.; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00117.html (10,230 bytes)
3. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: DJoh797014@aol.com; Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 21:23:13 EDT; SS sells the poly/steel bushings. I understand Rick offers two types of 'hardness'. Stock rubber/steel bushings are more difficult to find. Buy they only dry rot after a few years. Dave Johnson; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00118.html (7,540 bytes)
4. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: DJoh797014@aol.com; Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 21:38:47 EDT; I'm really need a rust free front clip, Both fenders, nose piece, radiator support, valence, etc. Surprising the inner fenders appear OK. The front frame rails are bent out but can be straightened.; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00119.html (9,012 bytes)
5. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: "Rich Atherton" <aka.gumby@gte.net>; Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 19:01:04 -0700; Delrin is a relatively soft slick plastic material. I made my own bushing for my Alpine almost 25 years ago. I never really had a chance to test them out very much as the motor let go shortly after t; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00120.html (9,592 bytes)
6. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: "Brian Moss" <BLMoss@Prodigy.net>; Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:52:58 -0400; Dave and fellow listers, I'd like to add another perspective, if I might. Comments IMHO as solicited by the original e-mail. I guess you can file this under the "alternative paradigm" heading. There'; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00121.html (15,254 bytes)
7. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: DJoh797014@aol.com; Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 01:05:01 EDT; I got my pins from Doug Jennings, Tiger Auto, in Dayton. There really is nothing that can be checked visually. A cracked pin will look and act normally until another excess stress cycle finally crac; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00124.html (8,878 bytes)
8. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@SoCal.RR.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:11:21 -0700; Yes, SS makes a replacement bushing. There is an article in TigersUnited "Urethane Bushings and All Steel Ball Joints" discussing them and modifications for lubrication by venerable Tom Hall. Recomme; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00125.html (9,228 bytes)
9. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@SoCal.RR.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:16:50 -0700; Go back to Dale. He has a modification to reduce the Ackerman angle with an MG Midget R&P and some offset mounting and different steering arms. -- Steve Laifman < Find out what is most > B9472289 <; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00126.html (8,880 bytes)
10. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: DJoh797014@aol.com; Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 01:18:38 EDT; The Ackerman angle may be the source of the problem and changing it may solve it. Then again it may not. We need to find an automotive engineer who would be willing to perform several tests on the p; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00127.html (8,817 bytes)
11. RE: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: "Tom Witt" <wittsend@jps.net>; Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:18:50 -0700; Having never broken a fulcrum pin (probably because I have yet to drive my "Project Tiger"), I am curious as to just where the pin breaks. Is the break constantly in the same spot? Is it at the front; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00128.html (10,165 bytes)
12. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: DJoh797014@aol.com; Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 01:22:59 EDT; The new poly/steel pins I refer too are sold by SS. I understand they are polyprolene with two hardness. Soft and hard. That's polyprolene not polystrylene. Dave Johnson; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00129.html (8,418 bytes)
13. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: Larry Paulick <larry.p@erols.com>; Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:20:05 -0400; Rich, and Group. The R&P kit from Dale A uses a MG Midget R&P, MGB steering arms, etc. The stress on the fulcrum pin, comes when the wheel is turned, and especially when the car is backed up with the; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00131.html (11,899 bytes)
14. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: "Rich Atherton" <aka.gumby@gte.net>; Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:34:46 -0700; I still have his card, and I will contact him to see if he can supply me with some of the details, and perhaps some photos of what he did. It really look like a very clean and thoughtful installatio; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00134.html (8,963 bytes)
15. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: "Brian Moss" <BLMoss@Prodigy.net>; Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:53:18 -0400; It was late last night when I wrote my e-mail, and I rambled. Let me try to state my point a little more clearly. That Dale's pins are of 4130 instead of 4140 was an aside. They are of a much beefie; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00135.html (9,724 bytes)
16. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: James Barrett <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>; Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 20:17:39 -0400; Dave, Now you have me worried, if Anthrax in Florida and NY was not enough! I have this 1976 Reynard Formula Ford (one of the first 6 or 7 that Reynard built) that has Delron bushings. In fact it cam; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00138.html (9,044 bytes)
17. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: "Chris J. Richards" <richards@northcoast.com>; Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 17:30:49 -0400; The delron thread is now a sweater.......The list ceases to amaze the mass... Chris in Arcata; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00139.html (9,544 bytes)
18. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: DJoh797014@aol.com; Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 23:20:46 EDT; Both of my breaks occurred on the shoulder of the pin before it goes into the A-arm eye. Both breaks were at the rear. I have also heard of the front of the pin breaking at that step down shoulder.; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00140.html (9,117 bytes)
19. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: Theo Smit <tsmit@home.com>; Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 21:19:30 -0600; With all due respect, it would be nice if you'd research your stuff a little before blasting it to the list. The new BUSHINGS that SS sells are polyurethane, not "polyprolene" (I assume you meant po; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00141.html (9,119 bytes)
20. Re: Delron bushing warning (score: 1): Author: DJoh797014@aol.com; Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 23:28:51 EDT; You are right pre-stressed does not mean pre-cracked. As I Emailed Tom Hall, I was throwing the fat into the fire with the tip. One thing I would question is the need for delron bushings for other t; /html/tigers/2001-10/msg00142.html (8,030 bytes)

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