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Shock bushing question.

Electric_City

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For those of you who work in a shop or on your own bikes, do you ever remove the shock bushings (DU bushings) for some reason and reinstall the same ones? Or do you only remove them when you intend to replace a worn one? Thanks, EC
 
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Electric_City

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Out of curiosity, why put the same one back in after removing it? What was the purpose of removing it? Thanks
 
Muddy

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Electric_City said:
For those of you who work in a shop or on your own bikes, do you ever remove the shock bushings for some reason and reinstall the same ones? Or do you only remove them when you intend to replace a worn one? Thanks, EC
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Do you slam out the bearings in your hubs, and replace those with the same ones? If you do, that's a place to find your answer.
If not, maybe you should just do that too.

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Out of curiosity, why put the same one back in after removing it? What was the purpose of removing it? Thanks
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Why are you asking this? Maybe someone has taken one out, I highly doubt there is a need to ever do this though.
Put some needle bearings in there and pop those in and out, then you'll wish you had just a DU Bush to fart around with.
 
Electric_City

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Muddy said:
Do you slam out the bearings in your hubs, and replace those with the same ones? If you do, that's a place to find your answer.
If not, maybe you should just do that too.



Why are you asking this? Maybe someone has taken one out, I highly doubt there is a need to ever do this though.
Put some needle bearings in there and pop those in and out, then you'll wish you had just a DU Bush to fart around with.
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Thank you for wasting your time.
 
AngryMetalsmith

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Unless you have a DU bushing press and a sizable vise, removing them is kind of a pain and not something you want to mess with for "no reason". If the orange coating on the inside is worn then replace them.

Have you ever felt the need to take your wheels apart, spoke by spoke, and disassemble the hubs ?
 
Muddy

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Electric_City said:
I'm wasted.
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No no no Sir, I will tell you other ways to waste your time that are much funnier than what you are proposing -

Choking on a Suitcase.
Make a sculpture out of Cottage Cheese.
Start a 'Parakeet Bowling Night' at the 10 Pin.
Go door-to-door collecting static cling.
Try putting down the book 'Glue in Many Lands' (you can't, it's an awesome book)
Go to the Missing Persons Bureau and see if anyone has been looking for you.
Hang out at the Bakery to watch the Buns rise.

Is time wasted, wasted time??
 
'size

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pro tip : install igus pre-tensioned poly DU bushings and don't worry about the hassle of aluminimum DU's again.

 
Electric_City

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Since you can't post anything on here and get an answer without all the assholes showing up, I'm asking this question because I want to make an accurate bushing press. A second bushing isn't needed, but helps align it better. Since I want to learn to write NC code, this is a fairly simple program to write and is a good starting point. From working in bike shops for years and using the socket idea, I think it's time to move away from that. I'm looking for perfect alignment. It's just for my use, but I'm probably going to make several just because I'm going to have the machine set up. So why not?

PS. Muddy, keep wasting your time.
 
Westy

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AngryMetalsmith said:
Slacker, figured you'd remove them and mic'em mid ride.
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My first full suspension bike was the original SC Superlight. The shock bushings were integral to frame rigidity, or lack thereof. If I measured them mid ride, I'd had to replace them every 15 minutes. Got to the point where I would just wrap teflon tape around the bushing inserts every few weeks.
 
Muddy

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Electric_City said:
Since you can't post anything on here and get an answer without all the assholes showing up, I'm asking this question because I want to make an accurate bushing press. A second bushing isn't needed, but helps align it better. Since I want to learn to write NC code, this is a fairly simple program to write and is a good starting point. From working in bike shops for years and using the socket idea, I think it's time to move away from that. I'm looking for perfect alignment. It's just for my use, but I'm probably going to make several just because I'm going to have the machine set up. So why not?

PS. Muddy, keep wasting your time.
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All this, from your asking about any re-using disposable parts. So, did you find whatever it is you needed?
There's couch cushions with farts trapped in them still...
 
amishmatt

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It's not stainless though, and it got some surface rust pretty quick. Not wanting another tetanus shot, I decided not to use it in that manner. But it's awesome for its intended purpose.
 
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Glad to hear you're enjoying it for its intended purpose! Yeah, stainless would be choice, but I just wipe mine down with a rag with some wd-40 between uses and it stays good :)
 
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