My 1" EP roll bar has a terrible creak / squeak so I assume I need to ream the bushes. Is it just as simple as clamping it up and running a 25mm reamer through it?
Reaming 1" Roll Bar Bushes
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, Oct 28 2015 08:51 AM
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Posted 28 October 2015 - 08:51 AM
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Posted 28 October 2015 - 12:44 PM
Is this the first time you have thoroughly reamed a bush that's been round the block a few times?
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Posted 28 October 2015 - 12:47 PM
Nah, I've visited Joes mum in the past. 
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Posted 28 October 2015 - 12:55 PM
surely you'd need to sleeve it...... /take that either way 
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Posted 28 October 2015 - 01:30 PM
After I've sluiced it out.
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Posted 28 October 2015 - 02:27 PM
Depends whether you want a creak or rattle?
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Posted 28 October 2015 - 02:36 PM
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Posted 28 October 2015 - 02:41 PM
Just done mine. Machine the joint faces a few thou' (to reduce the size of the hole) clamp together and then use a 1" reamer. (1" is 25.4mm) or size to suit the actual bar size.
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Posted 28 October 2015 - 02:57 PM
Just done mine. Machine the joint faces a few thou' (to reduce the size of the hole) clamp together and then use a 1" reamer. (1" is 25.4mm) or size to suit the actual bar size. Dave
Perfect, exactly what I was thinking. Thanks Dave.
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Posted 29 October 2015 - 04:25 PM
Can I just say that this thread had some potential until Dave H stepped in and gave a sensible, useful answer.
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Posted 29 October 2015 - 07:23 PM
This is all assuming that FLD has the right tools and know how for a good reaming?
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Posted 29 October 2015 - 08:02 PM
I have a large expanding reamer suitable for enlarging such holes!
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Posted 29 October 2015 - 08:21 PM
Could they be machined up out of nylon or would it be to harsh!
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Posted 29 October 2015 - 08:28 PM
Yeah, it'd be easy enough but I've always found nylon creeps and bushes don't last long. I was planning on getting some poly ones from mbr as a proper fix.
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Posted 29 October 2015 - 08:31 PM
Just engaged brain (albeit briefly) and I seem to remember lotus making some nylon ones that fixed on to a longer wishbone bolt. Will have to check.
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Posted 29 October 2015 - 08:41 PM
Is it called John Holmes?I have a large expanding reamer suitable for enlarging such holes!
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Posted 29 October 2015 - 08:43 PM
That was std on s1 elise and I think early vx/s2. Flexes lots. Thats why they changed to the full clamp type.Just engaged brain (albeit briefly) and I seem to remember lotus making some nylon ones that fixed on to a longer wishbone bolt. Will have to check.
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Posted 28 April 2017 - 07:18 AM
I've had enough of mine. Removed the caps and cleaned and lubricated the bushes, one small journey* and it's worse than ever. Is the only way to shut these bushes up to take them to an engineer and ream to 25.4? What size are they delivered?
*1,700 miles to the Alps over Easter.
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Posted 28 April 2017 - 08:01 AM
I'm done with the hard bushes that squeek or rattle on my EP 7/8th bar, but the poly bushes that came with the MBR 1" bar are silent. So getting some poly 7/8th bushes now too. 
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