Pedders Xmember bushings & Free labor in SF Bay area

[dms]

Guys,

One of my duties is I write the technical manuals for our installs. The rear Exmember bushes offer a fantastic improvement in performance.

I want to be able to document with pictures, the entire process, as if it was being done in your driveway, and not on a lift. It will literally be done at my house and you can be there to watch if you would like to see the process.

I live in Livermore.

Being a car guy myself, I do understand the personal satisfaction many of you have when you can do it yourself, our participate or watch a complete install.
This bush is so important and easy to do, I think it can give great satisfaction to all.

The only reason GM Racing is not using our Xmember bush, is that they decided to go with a custom delron unit, that will have to be replaced after every race. But the road noise will be very significant. it will not be with our inserts.

thanks for the support

thanks
mike
dms

[wreckwriter]

Excellent idea Mike!

[dms]

Excellent idea Mike!

Being a car guy myself, I do understand the personal satisfaction many of you have when you can do it yourself, our participate or watch a complete install.
This bush is so important and easy to do, I think it can give great satisfaction to all.

The only reason GM Racing is not using our Xmember bush, is that they decided to go with a custom delron unit, that will have to be replaced after every race. But the road noise will be very significant. it will not be with our inserts.

thanks for the support

mike
dms

[jbradsh1]

Guys,

One of my duties is I write the technical manuals for our installs. The rear Exmember bushes offer a fantastic improvement in performance.

I want to be able to document with pictures, the entire process, as if it was being done in your driveway, and not on a lift. It will literally be done at my house and you can be there to watch if you would like to see the process.

I live in Livermore.

Being a car guy myself, I do understand the personal satisfaction many of you have when you can do it yourself, our participate or watch a complete install.
This bush is so important and easy to do, I think it can give great satisfaction to all.

The only reason GM Racing is not using our Xmember bush, is that they decided to go with a custom delron unit, that will have to be replaced after every race. But the road noise will be very significant. it will not be with our inserts.

thanks for the support

thanks
mike
dms

I've heard the hoopala about Pedders bushings and for me personally, having the X & Diff bushings installed has some appeal. Question: what are the real world benefits to having these bushings installed (I've heard one benefit is better power transfer to the ground)? OK, what are some other benefits. The installed cost of the street 1 package is close to a grand so I want to know some more before I pull zee trigger! And do you need an alignment after having the street 1 package installed?

[dms]

I've heard the hoopala about Pedders bushings and for me personally, having the X & Diff bushings installed has some appeal. Question: what are the real world benefits to having these bushings installed (I've heard one benefit is better power transfer to the ground)? OK, what are some other benefits. The installed cost of the street 1 package is close to a grand so I want to know some more before I pull zee trigger! And do you need an alignment after having the street 1 package installed?

The rear xmember bushes close to eliminate the lateral movement of the rear cradle assembly. This assembly can move approximately 15 mm as far as we can tell separate and in a different direction than the body. The Xmember bushings and rear differential bushings transmit all rear braking and torque to the body. They are both very critical bushings and are 2 out of 3 of the most important bushing in the ZETA platform the number 2 bushing is the front radius rod bushing. Doing the rear cradle and differential bushings should not require an alignment. Doing the front radius rod bushing, which also comes with our 5421 caster adjuster which will add approximately 1 to 1.25 degrees positive caster (a very good thing to do) will require an alignment


mike
dms

[jbradsh1]

The rear xmember bushes close to eliminate the lateral movement of the rear cradle assembly. This assembly can move approximately 15 mm as far as we can tell separate and in a different direction than the body. The Xmember bushings and rear differential bushings transmit all rear braking and torque to the body. They are both very critical bushings and are 2 out of 3 of the most important bushing in the ZETA platform the number 2 bushing is the front radius rod bushing. Doing the rear cradle and differential bushings should not require an alignment. Doing the front radius rod bushing, which also comes with our 5421 caster adjuster which will add approximately 1 to 1.25 degrees positive caster (a very good thing to do) will require an alignment


mike
dms

Thank you very much for the clear explanation. It helped me to better understand the chassis slop that results from the stock bushings.

Can you (or anyone) also translate this into "how is the handling improved" or other benefit? I used to have fast bikes. One of them was a 900 Ninja (long time ago). I installed progressive springs in the forks (with the correct spacers) and also a Fox fully adjustable shock & spring in back. The difference was more than night and day. You could take the bike down to the pegs around 105 mph sweepers on bumpy pavement and not a quiver, rock solid, total confidence; you get the idea, which compared with the stock set-up I'd have been off the road, into the weeds, and now being writing this post from never never land! Also, the ride was FAR more comfortable believe it or not. So I got far better handling & smoother more absorbant ride as benefits which made the install so worth it. See what I mean.

So can you explain to us all the real world benefits using the street 1 kit as an example? Thanks in advance.

For all you Florida guys I'm going to have Precision Motorsports do the install as they are very close to my home and are a Pedders Dealer.

[dms]

Faster response time during manuevers, more precise directional control, less steering effort thru the twisties

mike
dms

[jbradsh1]

Thanks, it's appreciated!