Bearings vs bushes

[love2fly]

3 hours ago, DieselnDust said:

Vesconite bushes would be great but need to be machined by someone who does this regularly. Dimensionally it’s a stable material and doesn’t absorb much water and also doesn’t change its friction properties much across a wide temperature range. Shock loads are also handled quite comfortably for our application. It’s a pity it’s not considered more seriously when bikes are designed

I went to Vesconite with the part, the guy with the vernier measured my old part and as if by magic, one week later I had 10....