Chris,

 Thanks for posting the pictures of the bushings, just made and installed
mine.

Jerry Lowe

> Shawn,
>
> I visited Jay this morning and took a couple of photos of his spreader
> bushings. Many thanks to Jay for seeing my post last night and allowing me
> to visit to see the parts for myself before he launches tomorrow. I'm
> going
> to try to attach the photos to this post.
>
> It seems to me the bushings are dual purpose: 1) rubber bushing to prevent
> the spreader bar socket from rubbing on the mast and 2) shim to compensate
> for the curvature of the mast. As my temporary replacement for the
> bushing/shims I used toilet shims that I bought at a hardware store; they
> are almost exactly the same size and pitch as the factory parts, although
> they are probably of an inferior rubber. Certainly they better than not
> having a bushing there at all.
>
> The shim appears to be oriented with thick side forward (thin side aft).
>
> Chris
> <http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/file/t902/Spreader_Shim1.jpg>
> <http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/file/t902/Spreader_Shim2.jpg>
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