IH 504 steering cylinder bushing

[gmcdeadhead]

im replacing the hydraulic steering cylinder bushings on my IH 504 utility, and was wondering why are they a split bushing instead of a solid round bushing , the ones i had in there were just rolling around in the casting , heres the bushing , i opened it up to show what i ment by a split bushing

This post was edited by gmcdeadhead on 04/09/2023 at 06:10 am.

 

[caterpillar guy]

That looks to be a similar set up to the 574 and it is a terrible set up to me for a steering system. To many moving parts and lots of linkages to wear and cause sloppiness.

 

[gmcdeadhead]

im gonna just buy the ones that the sell and see how they fit , if i dont like them then i'll press in solid bushings and ream to fit

This post was edited by gmcdeadhead on 04/09/2023 at 07:08 am.

 

[rustred]

if that bushing dont fit tight in the bore its a waste of time. it needs a hole in it also to line with the grease zerk. it might be machine
shop work.

 

[gmcdeadhead]

i think they were only 8$ to buy . if it doesnt fit tight then i just machine my own out of bronze , drill hole for grease and groove in center , but first worth trying the 8$ part

 

[gmcdeadhead]

but back to my original question why weren't they made solid instead of being split ?

 

[rustred]

i am just guessing that they made the grease groove when it was flat then stamped out the brg. length's. then rolled it. but just a guess.

 

[wore out]

LOTS of steel-backed bushings are ''rolled'', even some automatic transmission bushings are made that way.

I would ASSUME they take a strip of steel and apply the bearing materiel to it, cut it to length, then roll it.

Some are joined together with ''tangs'' like in the above photo.

Steel-backed bushings are often used in high-load applications that might deform or break a brass bushing.