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Parts for Peter Lynn Competition - 12mm

elijahsadventur - 5-6-2009 at 10:05 AM

I've been using an old PeterLynn Comp (12mm frame) for the better part of a decade and the bearings in the downtube are shot. I took the bearings to motion industries (a bearing shop) and they didn't have anything that would work. Do I need to buy a "brand new" downtube (if anyone actually stocks it anymore...) or do I have to get a new buggy? Does anyone have suggestions?

This is an awesome buggy that has served me well over the years and I would hate to have to throw it out because I can't find the right parts to service it...

awindofchange - 5-6-2009 at 11:36 AM

Do you have the bearing sizes - OD and width mainly. I can check the downtubes we have in stock but I would like to make sure the ones I have are the same as yours.

If they are the same size, I got em. :) We also have the little mushroom spacers in stock for the Comp and the XR+ series buggies.

Let me know.

KYTE SLINGER - 5-6-2009 at 04:51 PM

should be the same size as a stock P.L. wheel bearing except it has the mushroom/ race that might be a #@%$#! to remove or cracked but you haven't noticed or will split on you trying to tap out ..... so order them anyway{ top and bottom}.... besides they wear out as well {wobble out hole}

vwbrian - 6-6-2009 at 01:37 AM

If you can read the numbers on the bearings you should be able to replace them. Those mushroom spacers on PL buggy had the inner bearing race siezed onto them. I had to take a dremel tool and cut them off. BTW is got the bearing at the local Napa auto parts store for the down tube and front wheel.

acampbell - 6-6-2009 at 07:15 AM

Elija
Did you find out what size they are? One of my customers is a local machinist and will likely know where to source them.