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Originally Posted by Wally
....... I have also seen nice heim-like joints (unibolts?) for the bottom bolt, which would mean getting rid of the rubber all at once. Not sure if they will fit any lower shock eye.
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You mean spherical bearings? In principle I don't see why they wouldn't fit however, there are several considerations:
1) The bottom ring is usually concave in section i.e. bell'd. The bearing would have to be pressed in.
2) The ring size would have to be between 34 - 41.2mm dia depending on the selected bearing - teflon lined would be preferred.
3) The race would have to be staked in and a good press fit to stop the race spinning
The minimum race size of 34mm sounds too large for the normal bottom eye ring? The best option would be to include a sleeve as well to the outside of the bearing so that the whole lot could be accurately machined but I don't think the spec is available.
Having said all of that Ricola's Pro-tech dampers look like an affordable proposition especially as they are made to order with I assume the potential of different eye bolt diameters. It's time to pension Billy off.
Clive