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Location: Eastern Iowa, USA | Hi all,
I converted my idler arm on my 60 Fireflite from a OEM rubber bushing to the grease-able ball bearing kind via the conversion kit. It was pretty straight forward and easy to do. Just wondering how these "converted" idler arms hold up over time?
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Location: Eastern Iowa, USA | I guess I am the Guinea pig, Ha, ha. I will report how it holds up this summer.
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Location: northern germany | please refer to this thread and message 379556. what i said about it is still true
http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=46636&...
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Location: Eastern Iowa, USA | Thank you 1960fury,
I was wondering about the bearings not being sealed and they are not very heavy duty. I would think a good shock to the the settring linkage could damage the bearings too. Just gonna keep an eye on it and when it gets slooppy put a rubber bushing back in it.
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Location: New Orleans-ish | A few months back I bought and installed an old NOS kit made by Atlas (the manufacturer of front end parts), which has to date back to the '60's. So far so good...
Edited by DeMopar 2014-03-17 3:58 PM
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Location: North of the 49th | Hi
I installed the bearing kit in my '60 Desoto in 1973..still holding up OK ...gets grease every oil change along with the rest of the front end. My '58 has one too
it was installed in 1976...all is well |
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Location: Colo Spgs | Marc
The same assembly was used for several years. The Clerk at NAPA understands 1961 Newport.
Rodger & Gabby
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Location: Eastern Iowa, USA | Thanks all for the input & feedback.
Have a great weekend!
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Location: northern germany | the stock idler ball bearings in my 61 desoto were broken to pieces. they are very fragile. the idler/pitman arms are iirc the lowest point under the car, if you hit something, they break easily. |
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