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Postby tim_blair » Sun May 13, 2012 10:40 pm

i am haveing a very hard time finding replacement pillow balls that cost less than 300 for adjustable suspension

can someone please tell me where to find them
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Postby siren676 » Sun May 13, 2012 10:52 pm

Im having the same problem as you with my cusco camber plates.

Best price i could find was $120 for just 1 bearing :(

Ive decided to bite the bullet and upgrade to adjustables as whole replacement camber plates were ~$300

What brand are your adjustables?
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Postby Bling » Sun May 13, 2012 10:58 pm

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Postby VR-4Squid » Mon May 14, 2012 12:11 am

The old saying "You get what you pay for" is especially true when it comes to precision parts like pillow balls/spherical/rose joints.

Having said that, talk to bazda, he can get decent quality joints for reasonable prices.
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Postby Bazda » Mon May 14, 2012 9:25 am

I sell a whole camber plate with the pillow balls in them for around $300.
Send me a PM and I can sort you out.

Siren676 - Also send me a PM we have coilovers for starlets in stock.
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Postby tim_blair » Tue May 15, 2012 11:17 pm

my ones are GAB
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Postby jbod » Sun May 20, 2012 3:01 pm

If you need spherical bearings for camber plates etc rose end/tye rods i can help you out if you give me the relevant sizes (: .I work in the bearing industry
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Postby DexGT » Sun May 20, 2012 5:13 pm

jbod wrote:If you need spherical bearings for camber plates etc rose end/tye rods i can help you out if you give me the relevant sizes (: .I work in the bearing industry


The ones Siren676 / me want have an 18mm hole though the ball , the OD of the outer race is 33mm , the height of the outer race is 16mm and the height of the hole thru the ball is 20mm. part number I found is MBWT-18.
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Postby jbod » Sun May 20, 2012 5:32 pm

Ok have written that down will have a look tomorrow
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Postby jbod » Wed May 23, 2012 7:44 pm

Sorry it doesn't look like I can be much help. The results as follows,
The size is not a industrial standard to any extent. An overseas inquiry came back with we can get them out of japan.however I made the inquiry on four pieces..because that is such a small amount the soul distributor of that bearing wouldn't do me any favors and would be looking at 145bux each!!!!!if I made an inquiry for say ten to twenty of them I'd say they'd be more like 105$ each...if it was a greater quantity they'd probably be substantially less.tho for a small amount including the dhl 2-3day freight it'd be 145each :(


The only other thing is if the price Siren got 120bux from is a bearing distributor in nz give me there name and I will be able to get it cheaper
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Postby siren676 » Wed May 23, 2012 7:57 pm

Place i got my price from was Franklin bearings Ltd in Pukekohe and i think that was their buy price

Ive decided the cheapest option for me is to just go back to factory top hats and get some of bazdas coilovers at a later date
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Postby jbod » Wed May 23, 2012 8:07 pm

Fair enough sorry couldn't be more help mate
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Postby Emperor » Sat May 26, 2012 8:23 pm

Where do you work jbod?
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