Re: Those darn spring bushings

[Owen <renarac@domain.elided>]

One thing better than washers is to use that same set up but go down to your
plumbing department and get an iron pipe reducer for 1/2" to 1/4". You might
hace to file the cast-slag seams down, but that in place of a stack of
washers was more resistant to bending.

Tom Mandera wrote:

> I seem to recall someone posting their method as:
>
> Buy a long bolt, and a washer or three that just fits inside the
> spring-eye.  Get a few washers larger than the spring eye (or just big),
> and a couple "spacers" that are larger than the bolt.
>
> Run the bolt through the bushing, with the "tight" washer on one side.
>
> On the other side your bolt sticks out.  Put your spacer (that's bigger
> than the bolt and bigger than the bushing) around/over the bolt, and put
> a washer on the end of the bolt.
>
> Now put your ratchet (or impact wrench!) on it, hold the other end tight,
> and let the bolt tighten up, "drawing" the bushing out of the spring-eye
> and into the spacer.
>
> Sounded like a good idea to me.
>
> -Tom