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Originally Posted by BGCarrera32
There is nothing proprietary about that design or protected from an IP standpoint AFAIK. That said, when the OP builds his own parts and they fail he has nobody to blame but himself. |
I searched the archives here and read a post about monoballs failing and the cause being substandard off shore (made in china) bearings mistakenly being used in the part.
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Originally Posted by TimT
Perhaps because spherical bearings are a wear item, sacrificial, and they timeout after period. Knowing the p/n for the spherical bearing could be a good thing.. Have a spare set it the tool box.... you know, for when you nut and bolt a car and find excess play in a suspension bearing....
And really.... its pretty easy to reverse engineer many of these type aftermarket products....
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The bearing is pn COM-16 made by Aurora Bearing Company in Montgomery, Illinois. The bearing is a very good, mid line, Made in America, bearing. I wanted to see for myself, the quality of the bearing that is used in this $630.00 set of camber plates.
Thanks Johnsjmc, 86meesta2, Go Dawg Go and all others for your thoughtful input on the "green" Loctite/grease. (I should have added that the substance had turned solid in this application...sorry about my poor description but it never occurred to me that it could be a grease. I guess that's why I came here for input. Lots of brain power/experience in OT.)
and thanks to SammyG2 for your thoughtful caution.
as to "suspension parts" in the Porsche Autocross and Track Racing forum, you can read my comments there for yourself and draw your own conclusions.
I came to OT because the traffic here is 100x higher than in Porsche Autocross and Track Racing. Additionally, I see that SammyG2 and Red-beard have thousands of posts here, and I am almost positive that they are both engineers.
Thanks again.
CalPersFatcat.