Bushing and a kit for assembling a bushing
The disclosed bushing assembly has a housing with a central bore for receiving a bushing sleeve that is dimensioned to fit a predetermined sway bar. The housing and sleeve have various combinations of mating projections and recesses that secure the sleeve in the housing. A bushing kit has a plurality of sleeves that are dimensioned to fit different predetermined sway bars and an appropriate sleeve can be selected at the time of installation. The housing and the sleeve are flexible.
1. A stabilizer bar bushing assembly comprising:
a split housing having an outer diameter and an inner bore having a predetermined diameter; and
a plurality of split bushing sleeves that fit within the inner bore of the split housing, each of the bushing sleeves has a different predetermined through bore;
whereby a stabilizer bar bushing assembly for a predetermined stabilizer bar is configured by selecting from the plurality of bushing sleeves a split bushing sleeve having a through bore that is dimension to complement the predetermined stabilizer bar and positioning the selected split bushing sleeve within the inner bore of the bushing housing.
2. The bushing assembly of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of bushing sleeves has the same outer diameter.
3. The bushing assembly of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of split bushing sleeves has at least one projection that is dimension to complement at least one recess defined in the inner bore of the split housing.
4. A sway bar bushing assembly comprising:
a split housing having an inner bore with a predetermined diameter and at least one of a projection or a recess; and
a split bushing having an inner bore and an outer surface that fits within the inner bore of the split housing and the outer surface has at least one of a projection or a recess that mates with the at least one of a projection or a recess of the split housing and positions the split bushing sleeve within the inner bore of the split housing.
5. A kit for assembling a sway bar bushing, the kit comprising:
a slotted housing having an inner bore that has at least one of a male or female element;
a plurality of slotted inserts that fit within inner bore of the slotted housing, each of the plurality of slotted inserts has at least one of a male or female element on and exterior surface that mates with the at least one of a male or female element of the slotted housing, and an interior diameter that is dimensioned to receive a predetermined sway bar;
whereby a slotted insert for a predetermined sway bar is assembled by selecting from the plurality of slotted inserts a slotted insert having an interior diameter matching the predetermined sway bar and mating the selected slotted insert with the inner bore of the slotted housing.
6. A sway bar bushing kit comprising:
a flexible split housing having an inner bore with at least one of a male or female element;
a plurality of flexible inserts, each of the plurality of flexible inserts has at least one of a male or female element on an exterior surface that mates with the at least one of a male or female element of the flexible housing, and a predetermined interior diameter;
whereby a bushing for a predetermined sway bar is assembled by mating a selected flexible insert with an interior diameter matching the predetermined sway bar to the flexible housing from the plurality of flexible inserts.
7. The sway bar bushing kit of claim 6 , wherein there are at least two flexible split housings and the plurality of flexible inserts has at least two flexible inserts that have the same predetermined interior diameter.