So as you may remember I made a little tool to insert the bushes into the swinging arm of the Triumph, which worked very well, and was used loads of times as you will see below. The thick part of the tool is a bit smaller than the inside diameter of the swinging arm tubes, the thin part is a bit thinner than the compressed bushes. The threaded bar, is used to pull the bushes in (or out).
Unfortunately, with the bushes in, it was impossible to insert the hardened steel spacers, I forced a bit but it would wreck the bushing copper to insert completely. After much cogitating, and contacting the guys that sold me the bushes (LP Williams) I decided the only way forward was to remove material from somewhere! Using emery cloth I first cleaned up the inside of the swinging arm tubes, then working slowly I sanded some material off the inside of the bushes, trying every few minutes by inserting the bushes and then trying to fit the spacers, it took me about 10 attempts as I didn't want to have play in the swinging arm!
Eventually managed to get a tight fit and using my tool on the second spacer to pull it in, the spacers have a tendency to displace the bushes and can cover the grease nipple hole so I screwed a screw (metric) into the hole to prevent the bush from moving over the hole, this worked fine although need to make sure it is not proud of the bush otherwise there will be contact with the spacer!
Unfortunately, with the bushes in, it was impossible to insert the hardened steel spacers, I forced a bit but it would wreck the bushing copper to insert completely. After much cogitating, and contacting the guys that sold me the bushes (LP Williams) I decided the only way forward was to remove material from somewhere! Using emery cloth I first cleaned up the inside of the swinging arm tubes, then working slowly I sanded some material off the inside of the bushes, trying every few minutes by inserting the bushes and then trying to fit the spacers, it took me about 10 attempts as I didn't want to have play in the swinging arm!
Eventually managed to get a tight fit and using my tool on the second spacer to pull it in, the spacers have a tendency to displace the bushes and can cover the grease nipple hole so I screwed a screw (metric) into the hole to prevent the bush from moving over the hole, this worked fine although need to make sure it is not proud of the bush otherwise there will be contact with the spacer!
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