source for 5* or 6* c-bushings?

[cbassett]

I'm trying to find 5* or 6* radius arm c bushings. The only ones I've seen are 2, 4, and 7*.

Anyone have a source or URL for a site that sells 5* or 6* c bushings?

[FearMe]

I've never heard of anthing but the one's you found. I'll check a couple of EB lists and let you know. 4 and 7 are not to far off from what your looking for. Is it that critical?

If you do need that small a change you can do what an alignment shop did to an old Ford pickup I had. He put a chain around the axle tubes and frame on each end and used a bottle jack to slightly bend the radius arm. Looking back I think he did it that way because it needed a little tweaking and he didn't want to go to the trouble of changing it. It worked well.

If I can locate some I'll post it.

[FearMe]

Ok, this guy Andy ajon@prodigy.net says he has them in 6 and 14. Duff's www.jamesduff.com also has 6. Sorry no word on 5 yet.

[cbassett]

Here's why I'm needing them...

I bought a narrowed rc44, the seller told me it was a professional narrowing job and the housing was pristine. To the eye it looked sweet, and the seller has a good rep so I bought it.

Just finished fabbing up a cross member for my ZJ. The caster was too shallow to run stock bushings, so I bought 7*. They got the arms right up to my new crossmember.
In torquing down the arms yesterday, one arm was almost 2" away from the crossmember, while the other was up tight to it. I set an angle finder on the lower knuckles, and found out that that caster is off ~2* side to side. This is a cast cbushing housing, the rosettes are plugged, and the tubes have been welding to the diff, so pulling/resetting one tube would be a frigging nightmare.
My thinking was I could run 7* on one arm, 5* on the other, and run adjustable balljoints to dial in the caster side to side.

So you think I should just bend one arm? I built extended arms (using bent-n-twisted's extensions), and the arms match right now. I suppose that would be an easy quick fix. I'd probably want to reinforce the arm then huh?

Thanks for the help.

[FearMe]

Thats the pitts.

One thing I've heard of doing to gain more flex with the C-bushing is to trim the ears. If you do it on one side it can relived the strain on the arm and allow you to put it in. Leave the one thats closest to the degree you want and free up the other. That would be the best solution. You couldn't see it and there is plenty of hold power on the one to keep it where it's supposed to be. You could also change the bracket on the end of the arm an dthe frame but that would probably look wierd. When you use a wristed arm only one side is doing that duty anyway.

Yeah, just grind some from the bushing on the arm thats farthest away from the proper angle.

Sorry, that's all I can come up with.