Teflon eyebolt bushes
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Teflon eyebolt bushes
I have just been reading an article about the long time experience with the teflon eyebolt bush kit from Rolf Corbat and I found it quite interesting. It’s posted on the SMMC Swiss morris minor
club website-(in German).
http://www.morrisminor.ch/
I fitted these bushes to my Moggy over a year ago and believe me it’s not an easy job as they do not flex a millimetre! They also do not absorb any knocks to the extent that rubber or polyurethane does. They are also very expensive but are supposed to last a hell of a lot longer-that’s the reason I fitted them. According to the Swiss there are apparently approx. 50 moggies fitted with this kit and no complaints.
I can summarize the contents of the article basically as follows:
They tested rubber, polyurethane and teflon bushes under various road conditions with thermocouples mounted in the bushes to measure and record the temperature. The results are quite astonishing.
The life of the rubber bushes was 3000 … 15000km
The life of the polyurethane bushes was 15000 … 20000km
The life of the teflon bushes was > 100000km
On normal (Swiss) roads
Rubber-temperature 70 … 90°C
Polyurethane-temperature 120 … 170°C
On bumpy (Swiss) roads (didn’t know they had any!)
Rubber-temperature up to 110°C
Polyurethane-temperature up to 270°C (above limit for polybush and hence the signs of overheating and premature failure)
Under none of the above conditions did the temperature of the teflon exceed 70°C
It all sounds very scientific –that’s probably the reason they make such good watches!
Declan
club website-(in German).
http://www.morrisminor.ch/
I fitted these bushes to my Moggy over a year ago and believe me it’s not an easy job as they do not flex a millimetre! They also do not absorb any knocks to the extent that rubber or polyurethane does. They are also very expensive but are supposed to last a hell of a lot longer-that’s the reason I fitted them. According to the Swiss there are apparently approx. 50 moggies fitted with this kit and no complaints.
I can summarize the contents of the article basically as follows:
They tested rubber, polyurethane and teflon bushes under various road conditions with thermocouples mounted in the bushes to measure and record the temperature. The results are quite astonishing.
The life of the rubber bushes was 3000 … 15000km
The life of the polyurethane bushes was 15000 … 20000km
The life of the teflon bushes was > 100000km
On normal (Swiss) roads
Rubber-temperature 70 … 90°C
Polyurethane-temperature 120 … 170°C
On bumpy (Swiss) roads (didn’t know they had any!)
Rubber-temperature up to 110°C
Polyurethane-temperature up to 270°C (above limit for polybush and hence the signs of overheating and premature failure)
Under none of the above conditions did the temperature of the teflon exceed 70°C
It all sounds very scientific –that’s probably the reason they make such good watches!
Declan
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Declan
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Eyebolt bushes
I'm not sure I believe the 270°C bit myself-perhaps they were doing an Alpine off road rally! Who knows?
Declan
(DEC 1964H-formerly HMP 960B)
Declan
(DEC 1964H-formerly HMP 960B)
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Declan
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As has been said I imagine the ride to be very harsh with those and remember that the poly bushes made by superflex were designed with Aussie roads in mind and I would have thought their road testing would be better than Swiss road testing.
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Kevin
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I fitted hard nylon bushes many years ago (poly wasn't available then) and there is a bit more noise and a harsher ride but not as bad as you might think. I'd rather have poly but couldn't be bothered to change them.
I'm sure the temperatures would be lower than any resilient bush as they're not absorbing any energy and have copper grease to lubricate them, but I'd share the scepticism of the 270C figure!
No cracking of the chassis legs after many years but it's logical to think that hard bushes will put put more strain on the metal.
I've done > 100000km with the nylon bushes but if I'd fitted poly I doubt I'd have had to change them by now. I've done way more than 20000km with poly rear spring bushes and don't feel the need to change them.
In short, poly's better IMO.
I'm sure the temperatures would be lower than any resilient bush as they're not absorbing any energy and have copper grease to lubricate them, but I'd share the scepticism of the 270C figure!
No cracking of the chassis legs after many years but it's logical to think that hard bushes will put put more strain on the metal.
I've done > 100000km with the nylon bushes but if I'd fitted poly I doubt I'd have had to change them by now. I've done way more than 20000km with poly rear spring bushes and don't feel the need to change them.
In short, poly's better IMO.
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According to this link the melting point of polyurethane is 284 degrees F!
http://www.indianplasticportal.com/tpu.html
which at a guess is about 125 degrees c ? So makes 270 degrees c seem a tad silly.
http://www.indianplasticportal.com/tpu.html
which at a guess is about 125 degrees c ? So makes 270 degrees c seem a tad silly.
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