http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=361485&highlight=radius+arm+sleeve
someone posted these measurements:
56 mm long - 2 3/16”
25 mm outside diameter - 1”
19 mm inside diameter –3/4”
My somewhat rusted spare sleeve shows 25 mm OD in some spots. My new
chunk of pipe is 25.5 mm.
My new pipe fits easily into the new bushing.
So if OD is 0.5 mm too large is not an issue?
Neil.
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> OD is somewhat critical. Too small and the bushings won't be properly
> loaded, too large and they will be damaged.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Alistair Bell
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:03 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Radius Arm (strut) Steel Sleeve Measurement
>
> but seriously, the sleeve is not *that" critical in ID, length is though.
>
> alistair
>
>
> On 2012-08-29, at 5:25 PM, neil n wrote:
>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I'll be replacing the radius arm bushings. My bet is that the steel
>> sleeves are at least pretty rusty. Those sleeves are NLA from VW.
>>
>> I sourced some DOM ROUND TUBE 0.750 X 0.120 (inch) steel pipe locally
> from:
>>
>> http://www.metalsupermarkets.com/catalog/STEEL-COLD_ROLLED/TUBE_ROUND/
>> DOM
>>
>> This pipe fits in the new rubber bushing, but the ID is *slightly*
>> larger by 0.26 mm
>>
>> Likely I'm being totally "Type A" about this, but is that 0.26mm
>> anything to be concerned about? Like will that play cause wear,
>> performance, alignment issues?
>>
>> Thanks much,
>>
>> Neil.
>>
>> --
>> Neil n
>>
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>>
>> '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named.
>>
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>>
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>>
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>> engines
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Neil n
65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp
'88 Slate Blue Westy to be named.
'81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
