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Need to replace a bush on the wife's bike and I seem to have ran out. Where are people getting them from, preferably polymer ones, as Google didn't bring up a vast amount of choice.
JTech stainless ones with polymer bushing
I've always used TF, as they last well, the service is top notch, and if I'm in any doubt they always know what I'll need.
Probably not the cheapest out there, but happy to pay for the experience and quality of service.
Got the current batch from ebay - they're lasting just as well as the last ones I got from TFT or Mojo or whoever.
You want Igus ones I guess?
https://j-techsuspension.co.uk/products/igus-eyelet-bearing-1-2
https://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/du-and-igus-bushing-packs.htm
They do seem to last much better, but not the ones to get if you swap shock hardware (eg. to go from normal to offset) - as they can deform.
I often buy the standard polymer ones from offset bushings, they were more or less the cheapest and they always arrive quickly.
@thepurist got a link?
@chakaping I'd spotted them but the igus ones are 12mm not 12.7mm unless I'm reading it wrong?
Thanks everyone else, I'll check them out.
The J-Tech ones in the top link are standard shock size i think, but just bell them to clarify.
Superstar I haven't purchased from I must admit.
Are these the bits that press into the shock and then the mounting hardware fits into them? I think I might need one for the shock on my bike. How do you remove them? Sorry for the hijack but I'm a total numpty with this stuff, not having done it before.
Yes, and it's best to use a special tool that can be had for under a tenner.
Someone on here makes and sells them on ebay, hang on a sec...
https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/du-bushing-tool-recommendations/
@thepurist got a link?
Sorry just checked my ebay history and the seller I used doesn't list them any more. They were Igus 1/2 inch bushes but that doesn't seem to turn up anything in the ebay search either.