Hello, I was wondering if anybody has tried this brand of bushings. I think I may have been sucked in by this video
I have used their cam bearings before and they seem like an honest company with good products. I don’t want a rebuild to go down the drain for poor quality or the incorrect bushings. I test fitted the input sungear on the output shaft and it seems like it’s having a hard time going on. This guy touts their coated pump bushings as “aerospace” material. I put their Babbit looking bushing in my pump with red locktite. The original ones that came out were like copper or bronze looking.

 

Durabond bushings, in general, are one of the best known brands there is. Cam bushings in particular. Been using em for … well … kinda embarrassing to say how long, but let's put it in perspective, it's been … well over half the time since WW2.

No idea whether they put "the latest technology" into their current products; "aerospace" has been a buzzword since the 50s; but they're not some fly-by-night, for whatever that's worth.

Not a fan of any kind of Loctite on anything anywhere in any assembly at any time for any reason at all whatsoever. But that's just me. If the parts won't stay together of their own accord, a drop of somekinda glue isn't gonna take up the difference. I should be building something else instead if it needs glue.

 

Have you identified a particular service location that needs an upgrade? Maybe the 4L60E pump bushing is the one trouble location in that unit?

The puzzle strap assembly design works fine because it is not going to expand and come apart. It is probably more problematic on smaller diameters. I think he exaggerated the ease of disassembly, compared to any I have installed.

Teflon is fine, but it is a moot point in an installation where size has to be addressed by resizing.

I don't doubt their product. I am simply not convinced of an explicit need for it. The application listing included with each is cool. A lot of times, a single unit assembly for JoeDIY is different than lots of units because of scales of economy.