Not Bushing Shredding...but smashing?

Tookie · Not Bushing Shredding...but smashing?

So I read all up that thread about the khiro's being shreaded, but that seems to be quite different than the problem I'm encountering.

My bottom most bushing on a Bennett 6 is just getting smushed and smashed. I'll try to get a picture later on, but its weird.

Completely worked over a khiro yellow, so I subbed in a black thinking the harder duro wouldn't get mauled as much, so far so good but I can see it starting.

Weeeeird!

edit, you can kind of see it here, I'll get a more uhh, descriptive? picture when I can.

VANILLA GUERILLA

From the pic it looks like you need flip the cone washer or purchase a flat washer from the hardware store.

dmccoach

From what I can barely see, (on the top or board side) - I believe you have either two barrels --- or a cone and a full barrel?

Then on the top side (nut side) you have a cone with a cup-washer...

I believe this is "too much material" --- so that you are then cranking on the nut (just to get the nut on) and it compresses all of it,--- the top cone is bulging out near cup-lip, and the cup is then shredding the top bushing on each "deep-turn"...

If I am right, you need to use "less bushing" on the bottom (board side) by using 1 and 1/2 of your choice of Khiro combinations (i.e. 1 cone and 1/2 barrel, or 1 barrel and 1/2 of another barrel) --- I usually cut a barrel in half then glue it to a cone for the bottom (see the last post here: The not so long distance pumper? ) and use a flat washer on the bottom...

Then use a cone and either a flat washer on the top (or buy the "large" khiro cones with the aluminum washer built into the cone-bushing...)

Finally, you might continue with the bushings as you are using them, but as suggested above, swap out the cup-washer for a flat washer (to avoid the bite of the cup), but if my guess is right you are still compressing your selected bushings too much...

Hope this makes sense

camel

Use the Bennett cup washer or a flat washer on top. You are killing it with the small cup washer.