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Hello to all. OK, so last night I worked like a dog for almost an hour trying to get this bushing in only to totally destroy it. Let me say also that I had no intention of dis-assembling the accelerator linkage in order to put the bushing in. I simply cut through the top of the bushing to the center and then just slipped the bushing over the transverse rod.
Anyway, after that I was looking through all of my accessory stuff (you know, those plastic boxes with lots of little drawers) for things to see if I could find something to use as a bushing. Well, I found an extra smooth rubber foot (the type of thing that would stick underneath a power amp let's say. So I split that the same way I did the bushing, slipped it over the rod and slowly but surely was able to push it in until it was almost flush with the metal of the engine compartment. It's pyramid-like shape aided in this process.
Anyway, it is in and it's working just like the bushing would - no binding or anything like that. It was still a bit of a challenge but at least it got done. It's amazing what you can do with stuff that was originally intended for something totally different. I just thought I'd pass this experience on to anyone attempting to install one of these things. It was definitely easier to put the rubber foot in than the bushing itself.
Dave
Anyway, after that I was looking through all of my accessory stuff (you know, those plastic boxes with lots of little drawers) for things to see if I could find something to use as a bushing. Well, I found an extra smooth rubber foot (the type of thing that would stick underneath a power amp let's say. So I split that the same way I did the bushing, slipped it over the rod and slowly but surely was able to push it in until it was almost flush with the metal of the engine compartment. It's pyramid-like shape aided in this process.
Anyway, it is in and it's working just like the bushing would - no binding or anything like that. It was still a bit of a challenge but at least it got done. It's amazing what you can do with stuff that was originally intended for something totally different. I just thought I'd pass this experience on to anyone attempting to install one of these things. It was definitely easier to put the rubber foot in than the bushing itself.
Dave
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