I took my Castor arms to the shop guy to get the old bushings removed and Daizen bushings pressed in. The removal went just fine. But then when he pressed the Daizens in, the lip on the side of the bushing that entered the hole was partially cut off on the first bushing and just slightly cut off on the second bushing. He claims that he used plenty of grease and pressed them in evenly. I’m not convinced, but the bushings are already in and there’s not much I can do at this point. He assured me they wouldn’t go anywhere and would be fine to drive on. I checked them out and they do seem pretty solid.

Do you think they are safe enough to drive on?

Will they provide a solid ride?

See pictures below.

 

Hard to say unless we can see where they are cut. Only time will tell...if they are cut bad you will develop noises. I heard the pressing is difficult, that's why I had TM Engineering install mine.

 

Yeah, the shop mechanic said he had done many Daizen installs on GSs. But as you can see in these pictures, he's full of it or there are a bunch of others out there with damaged castor bushings.

 

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Thats the new one...

 

He can say all he wants that bushing was put in crooked. If it would have been even the crack in the side would be even. He probably got them half way in, realized they were going in crooked, and readjusted the press. Sorry to hear about the bad luck.

 

Yeah it sucks. So do you guys think it is safe to drive on them?

 

eric
hate to be the bearer of bad news but those bushings will fail extremely fast , the integrity of the bushing as a whole has now been compromised .. i would bet that inside the bushing is also torn and will tear apart


these have to be pressed in perfectly straight and slowly from the smooth side , was the edges of the arm smoothed out and rolled prior to pressing in for if not this is what happens , it gets cut on the edge

you have to grind the edge a tad then sand smooth so bushing slides in with no resistance


contact todd at tm engineering he might can sell you just the castor bushing ,

 

Thanks Lexforlife for the input. I asked him if he sanded the edges down and he said he didn't because if he did then the bushing would not be secure inside the arm. Obviously not a bushing expert.

 

cracks and tear is why you replace them in the first place.have him get you new ones