I've seen posts about the bronze bushing on a TAV setup. Recently I pulled mine apart to put the heat shroud back in place (Tucson, summer & very hot out now) after a few hours of break-in running. The bushing was missing, but it was already ground up into a fine dust & smeared along the inside of the torque converter cover along with chain oil & some dirt from riding in the desert. Though I'd misplaced it until I started looking at things when it was time to put it all back together. I put the TC back without the bushing, since it was already gone & I hadn't noticed any difference.
My question is, how many of you are running a TAV without the bushing? It seems to me that anyone who uses a TAV is missing the bushing after a very short amount of running time. At $5 a bushing & only a couple of hours between repairs, does it really matter if it's there or not? The belt holds the pulley in place anyway.
I'm wondering how Comet got around this problem, since metal-on-metal will wear out unless it's lubed a lot, which would ruin the belt & make a mess of things. What do you guys think?
My question is, how many of you are running a TAV without the bushing? It seems to me that anyone who uses a TAV is missing the bushing after a very short amount of running time. At $5 a bushing & only a couple of hours between repairs, does it really matter if it's there or not? The belt holds the pulley in place anyway.
I'm wondering how Comet got around this problem, since metal-on-metal will wear out unless it's lubed a lot, which would ruin the belt & make a mess of things. What do you guys think?