Center pin bushings

turk · Post by **turk** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:40 am

This is a high priority on my agenda before fall. Where to get these parts?

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:57 am

Ya mean this?
http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?par ... 211498171A

What happened to your steering, it seemed allright? Maybe it was just stiffer from sitting from so long and then loosened up.

turk · Post by **turk** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:18 pm

Thanks. Nothing really wrong yet, just needs to be replaced. I thought I saw something on the Bus Boys catalog that says you're supposed to lubricate this every 1500 miles and I havn't ever. Plus, Colin said to..

turk · Post by **turk** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:24 pm

I'm wrong, ...... ...... it's the king pin that needs maintenance every 1200 miles according to Bus Boys catalog

I guess I should figure that one out too

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:42 pm

The front end gets greased thru zerk fittings every 6k miles.

turk · Post by **turk** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:48 pm

Alright. That swing center pin bushing kit from BusDepot is cheaper than Busboy's kits.

Ritter · Post by **Ritter** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:35 pm

Not all center pin sets are created equal. Search for Colin's rant on the matter here before you purchase.

Post by **Amskeptic** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:13 pm

I have yet toi install the German Supply Febi kit. I have the Meyle currently installed. The Febi has trashier-looking plastic dustcap and washers. The Meyle had loose bushing/pin fit.
Colin

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:18 pm

I got a "Butuem" kit from MAM. Made in Brazil. Anyone installed this one? It wasn't cheap...

turk · Post by **turk** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:20 pm

Thanks for the heads up all. I may go with the BusBoys kit at 40 bucks. Not sure yet. I'll do some reading and also see how my last order through BusBoys goes.

satchmo · Post by **satchmo** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:06 am

turk wrote:Thanks for the heads up all. I may go with the BusBoys kit at 40 bucks. Not sure yet. I'll do some reading and also see how my last order through BusBoys goes.

I got both the Meyle and the German Febi kits to compare. The Febi kit looks better made and that is the one I installed. It costs about the same as the Meyle. You can get it a germansupply.com:

http://www.germansupply.com/home/custom ... 302&page=2

Good Luck, Tim

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Center pin bushings

Center pin bushings