You can also fill a mount/bushing like that with fresh urethane.
This is a common trick with motor mounts and the Honda/Toyota sport compact guys who don't want to pay for fancy motor mounts.
Torque Rod bushings??
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Garm
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Re: Torque Rod bushings??
Sent you a PM...I may put this back together with some good looking used bushings...and then mess around with re-making these using pourable urathane and the old bushings as molds.jrusso07 wrote:If have a spare rear end that has half a torque rod attached - torque rod was cut when the rear end was dropped. So I have one you can have for shipping (will ship the 1/2 torque rod with bushing installed). If interested, PM me?
Also, these look a lot like front control arm bushings for 510s and Z's. Maybe do some research in that space?
It'd take some fiddling to get the dampening and socket rotation (flex) right, but seems like a fun project!
Thanks for the 510 and Z tip. I'm going to explore that as well. I wouldn't be surprised if these bushings ened up in another early Datsun!
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EBay has 422 hits for "Datsun bushing"
Maybe something there.
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Maybe something there.
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I find this page helpful.
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That looks like an extremely helpful site.eastmedia wrote:I find this page helpful.
http://www.suspension.com/4-bar.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Ron, got your PM. I will pull the part and check it out. I think i have a set of new energy suspension control arm bushings for a 510. I will do a quick ccompare and send a pic.
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Most cool! Thank you Joe!jrusso07 wrote:Ron, got your PM. I will pull the part and check it out. I think i have a set of new energy suspension control arm bushings for a 510. I will do a quick ccompare and send a pic.
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All things considered, I went with pouring new urethane into the old bushings. I made molds out of HDPE:
I then poured new urethane into the molds:
The finished bushings flex slightly more than the crusty 45 year old bushings and look like this:
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A closer look at the bushing:
And the completed torque rod ready for install:
It turned out to be a fun project and I'm now wondering what else I can mold out of urethane!
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Awesome work, very cool. Wanna do more?
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I think he does!
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I like be some to.
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If this is not your day job then I am impressed 
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uh... hey Kevin... you ok buddy?I like be some to.
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Fine Kevin is. Problem your Garm is what?Garm wrote:uh... hey Kevin... you ok buddy?I like be some to.
Ron, Brilliant work. So would that work without removing the bushings from the rod?
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