Bearing Housings Distorted from Welding....Fix??

[Busstom]

Oh sorry about that. So, I'm not exactly sure what the etiquette is with respect to copying one of Ron's pics from his FB page and posting it here. Obviously, he's already put them out there for public consumption, and I will certainly put them up when I take delivery of my own set.

But until then, if you google "Ron Lummus IRS trailing arm" and then at the top of your google search page, click "Images," then you can see several views. You're best off clicking "Images" because their website is under construction and will not load. Unfortch, the web pics are fuzzy resolution...if any of y'all have Facebook, you can see crystal-clear images of them on his FB pages.

I was a proud opponent of Facebook, highly resistant to the seemingly constant urging of friends and relatives to join Facebook. Well I did the unthinkable yesterday...I finally created an account, just so I could see the details on these arms. It seems like more and more, vendors are opting to post their wares on FB and avoid the expense and headaches of maintaining a web page. Believe me, I plan on posting NOTHING, just lurking on FB.

Anyway, the bearing housings are fairly robust bulks of aluminum, turned on a lathe, and they look like they can be clocked in 45 degree increments, should one wish to position flange-mounted calipers in some particular direction.

[Dale M.]

ON Farcebook.... DO NOT fill in any private family/personal details... Use name only, nobody needs to know if are married or not, how may kids you have or what breed your dog or cat is, and if you are vegan or carnivore or where you went to school or live now...

About using any images ... The text below is lifted from a web page I manage, in another portion of my life....The name of page is X'ed out as a courtesy to the Samba and so not to be construed to be advertising the web page/organisation...

Copyright Fair Use.
This web site, "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" may contain copyrighted material, the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. "XXXXX" is making such material available in it’s efforts to advance understanding of educational, economic, and scientific issues, etc., and not for profit. "XXXXX" believes this constitutes a “fair use” of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the United States Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this Web site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit educational purposes.

For more information see: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml . If you wish to use copyrighted material from this Web site for purposes of your own that go beyond “fair use”, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.


"Fair use" also applies to any images you may pull off from places like GOOGLE Images which is not really bashful about copyright notices on some of their graphics...

Dale
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[dustymojave]

I like that Dale. I've researched the matter in the past. This makes a concise statement that's pretty easy to understand and seems to be accurate and true to the law as I understand it.

I really don't understand the thinking of companies that object to the free advertising they get from distribution of images of their product. I DO understand that a company CAN lose ownership of corporate logos, like happened to United States Steel Corp. But it's foolish to stress over someone posting on a public internet forum about offroad cars that the place to get a certain part for their buggy is at 'Shmoe's Buggy and Offroad'. Especially when the image linked is heavily watermarked.
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[Busstom]

Here's the RLR 4130 control arm, 1" narrowed (I know, not much of an off-road thing).

I got them before Thanksgiving, but I just got around to snapping some pics. Can't wait to start mocking them up on my Bus. I suspect these are going to resolve ALL of my bearing fitment issues...thanks everybody, for your input. I may still heat stress-relieve the other arms at some point in the future, for some other project, or....

[tripicana]

Looks like those arms limit your brake choices?
Do disc caliper brackets work with them?
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[Busstom]