Doing some regular maintenance on the cvt of my quad, I discovered that some bushings were badly worn (way beyond the service limit). But
BRP does not provide for replacing these bushing, the whole unit has to be replaced to the tune of 380 CAD. So obviously I would like to find some bushing material to fix this otherwise very good part. The part in question is the sliding sheave of the cvt drive pulley. The bushings have to be completely free of oil. In service they do more sliding than load carrying.
These are some borescope photos of the bushings. They appear to be made from a strip 3/4'' wide cut to length for a tight fit in the part. The ends of the strip are butted. The contact side of the strip looks like woven brass that is laminated to a solid metal backing. I have never seen anything like it and wonder if any of you have ever seen and worked with material like this.
BRP does not provide for replacing these bushing, the whole unit has to be replaced to the tune of 380 CAD. So obviously I would like to find some bushing material to fix this otherwise very good part. The part in question is the sliding sheave of the cvt drive pulley. The bushings have to be completely free of oil. In service they do more sliding than load carrying.
These are some borescope photos of the bushings. They appear to be made from a strip 3/4'' wide cut to length for a tight fit in the part. The ends of the strip are butted. The contact side of the strip looks like woven brass that is laminated to a solid metal backing. I have never seen anything like it and wonder if any of you have ever seen and worked with material like this.