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Let me "Float" this one by you-----------------

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:32 pm
by Alan R
Hi guys-------------Has anyone had any experiences using a plain bronze floating bush big end on a 500 Bullet ??

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Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:27 pm
by Norm
Hi Alan, there has been one I know of floating around on fleabay for a frew years and I remember when it first surfaced Tim Busby wrote a page on it about how it was a bad idea and will not work for long

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Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 6:07 am
by marsie
I agree that the use of a bronze bush for this application is a bad idea. There are very good reasons why white metal coating or babbitt is used. I think it is unfortunate that the design of the G2 Bullet did not include a split conrod / shell bearing as in the later Crusader / Twins etc.