hey, im in the final stages of building bearings for my swingarm. but ive got a problem i wanted to run by yous guys. i have to make the thrust surfaces that will carry the sideload, how ever much there is, on the swing arm. i have a needle bearing setup inside the swing arm, with an inner race that will extend out to the spacer/washer/bearing in question. but i need a thrust washer/surface/spacer for the swingarm. on the stock setup, its the bronze insert that has a flange turned on it that has those cups over them that hold the grease etc in. it also acts as a spacer to center the swingarm in the frame. since im using a seperate inner race, it doesnt have that flange on it. nor can it since it has to rotate in between the mounts in the bearings. so i need to make a spacer that will either carry that inner race, or have it contained inside or in between. in essence, a continuation of the needle bearing, but with a flange to act as the spacer, like the stock setup originally had. i thought about using the old brinze inserts, but ditched that idea. then i thought about buying some silicone bronze, but that shits expensive. so then i thought about plastic. i have a pile of teflon stock that i could make it out of, or delrin. the tensile strength i found for teflon is about 3500lbs. the tensile strength of delrin is about 9000lbs. i already made the parts in teflon thinking there wasnt that much a difference. but i looked it up after i got home and there is. so i guess my question is, think its worth remaking them from delrin? or is teflon good enough? remember, this is sideload on the swingarm at the pivot point. any thoughts?
jb? frank c?
jc
jb? frank c?
jc
