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After struggling with this for a few days, I'm throwing in the towel. If anyone wants a set of the washers for cheap, PM me.
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What are you struggling with?
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06-19-2022, 03:48 PM | #202 |
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Weird. Are you using the BAV tool? The Meyle bearings I used have a chamfer to them. I have a press but honestly feel like it would've been harder to do on a press. The press cups and receiving cups on the tool really keep everything square.
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06-20-2022, 01:17 PM | #206 |
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I had a LOT of problems with this myself. I actually ruined 3-4 bushings in the process. What finally helped in my scenario was spending a little extra time cleaning the control arm bore (even hit it with some sandpaper and probably opened it up a few thousandths). Then bushings in the freezer. Once I did this I was able to get through all of mine without too much trouble.
And for this exact reason my car has 2 Meyle bushings and 2 Lemforder. Lemforder was maybe just a little nicer but no massive difference that would steer me to paying the premium for them. I have 4-5 more Meyle that I intend to use for the trailing arms.
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06-20-2022, 02:22 PM | #207 |
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These washers seem very similar, anyone think they will work?
Steele: https://www.jwwinco.com/en-us/produc...7-5788062b92b6) 303 SS: https://www.jwwinco.com/en-us/produc...b-5c7ca96d4057) 13mm ID instead of 12.2mm 24mm OD instead of 25mm 4.6mm thickness instead of 4.5mm
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I have the ones I bought from cchen9_ along with 2 arms that already have the bearings pressed in, plus 2 arms that have damaged bores, plus 2 bearings ready to be pressed.
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07-06-2022, 07:53 PM | #212 |
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**PSA**: I had one of my converted rear arms fail while on track at VIR last weekend. The passenger side control arm bolt sheared and snapped away from the spindle side just after climbing the up hill esses into turn 10 (gulp). Heard something "pop" and the car shimmy. Limped back to paddock and found the arm resting on the axle which annoyingly tore the cv boot too. Very lucky it was just that
I used the McGill off the shelf custom washers and torqued everything properly to spec and also double checked for proper torque prior to heading up to VA for the weekend. I use Rcomp tires and have stiffer coilover suspension so it must put a lot of load on the joints ultimately contributing to failure. Possibly due to these particular washers not creating a uniform mating interface for the bearing and the spindle cup. This is the second time I've witnessed this happening at VIR with this conversion using these particular washers. Not my car the first time but it was the same arm that failed at the same track last fall when I was there. I've since switched back to stock until further investigation into what exactly caused it. |
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Sorry to hear that. Did you offset the bearing when you installed it into the arm? If you installed it centered I wonder if that may have created additional loads on the bolt?
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Brand new bolts?
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Bushings were pressed in to proper spec by a very reputable race shop local to me and yes brand new bolts were used on all arms when I installed them
All torque values were checked prior to leaving for the event knowing it had happened to a friend with same setup in the fall, that at the time we had chalked up to incorrectly torqued bolts. Now we're not so sure that was the issue. Stock arms are back in and I'll be removing the axle this weekend to replace the torn CV boot. Pretty minimal collateral damage all things considered |
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The very same thing happened to me today, when throwing the car into a corner at a race track. Bolt snapped.
I recommend that everyone that has installed the McGill washers replace these with something more suitable ASAP. |
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