Paralever bushings vs. OEM needle bearings

[dancata]

Hell yeah!

I have installed the bushings today and the rear play was gone, and the bike feels better when riding. I will start selling these things right away, the only problem is that it takes a LOT of time to make them

Dan.

 

[MattW]

Hell yeah!

I have installed the bushings today and the rear play was gone, and the bike feels better when riding. I will start selling these things right away, the only problem is that it takes a LOT of time to make them

Dan.

Well done Dan

 

[Steptoe]

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[MattW]

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Ah - interesting....

 

[dancata]

I wouldn't rush into production just [URL="http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=560727"]YET[/URL]

It's odd how many people have successfully used the bushings and only one person does not like them. Maybe he did not install them properly, but I can see no other reason for the bushings not to work as expected

And my bushings do not use the Timken outer race, I made that too, just like the bronze one

 

[motobiker]

Aye.. seems odd that after almost 10yrs - yes these things have been around for that long. in 2010 we hear of a problem.

never mind eh.

But as I said earlier.. mine are fine. and hopefully that will remain the case for a considerable period. When alls well.. they look just fine. pretty maids all in a row. bless em.

but.. when the worse happens:

heres the bushing in place - looks rather good to me. but what do i know?

I'll consider the; getting on for 10 years of these being fitted witout so much as a squeek of displeasure.. as and when my own needles give up the ghost.

 

[dancata]

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[MattW]

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What's the outer race made from Dan? Any reason that you didn't use an 'off the shelf' race?

 

[dancata]

What's the outer race made from Dan? Any reason that you didn't use an 'off the shelf' race?

Mainly because the Timken outer race is not available over here (Ro) (after thousands of calls, I got to the conclusion that Timken dealers in Romania are a bunch of sissies, they have no idea of what I needed, even if I gave them the code for the Timken race, and we have a proverb - it sounds like "Untill you get to God, the saints will eat you alive"); it's made by unoxidable steel, I don't know the translation of this word, but it's called "inox" in romanian, from in-ox (in oxideable, id does not rust or anything )

 

[dancata]

Paralever bushings

Anyway, the price for one set of bushings is 75 eur + shipping. Like I said, it's supose to cost less than the JL bushings.

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[Superhypo]

Your product new and untested (ok, you test them about 3 days) is only 10% cheaper than a well known product (JL bushings). A very aggressive marketing strategy

 

[dancata]

Your product new and untested (ok, you test them about 3 days) is only 10% cheaper than a well known product (JL bushings). A very aggressive marketing strategy

These bushings are being tested for some time now, and are just as the JL ones

You have to consider that it really takes a lot of time to make on set of bushings if you do not have a production line just for these (like I do). And the materials are not cheap, eighter. Regarding the price, according to the $ to RON currency over here, my bushings are 21% less than the JL ones. And the shipping costs less than from USA, and they get faster to you

 

[Superhypo]

good luck with your product mate

 

[Rob Farmer]

Interesting thread, brings me to mind of old BSA A10 which, had a bronze bush, and the commonest upgrade was to replace with a needle roller.

People are never satisfied !!

But if you changed the oil and looked after the bike as BSA intended the bush lasted at least 60k, with three over sizes available the bike should have lasted forever. The original bushes were great it was the dodgy hybrid replacement that caused all the problems.

 

[pomm001]

Mainly because the Timken outer race is not available over here (Ro) (after thousands of calls, I got to the conclusion that Timken dealers in Romania are a bunch of sissies, they have no idea of what I needed, even if I gave them the code for the Timken race, and we have a proverb - it sounds like "Untill you get to God, the saints will eat you alive"); it's made by unoxidable steel, I don't know the translation of this word, but it's called "inox" in romanian, from in-ox (in oxideable, id does not rust or anything )

inox from memory refers to stainless steel

 

[dancata]

inox from memory refers to stainless steel

That may be true, to be the correct translation, but there are cheap knifes that say "Stainless Steel" on them but the quality is low.

Anyhow, talking about quality, IMHO, BMW's are all about that. And I know what quality means, as I work as a QA engineer @ Nokia.

And I have had some very happy customers since I started to produce these bushings.