[mike melillo]

Has anyone here replaced the steel bushings that are welded to the frame and carry the front axel pin?

This seems to be one of those things that gets worn out, and since I am completely disassembled I feel it should be dealt with. On my 149 thats apart, the hole is fairly sloppy, and the roll pin hole is sloppy on one side.

On my 125, even with a new axel pin, It's managed to work a new roll pin out of its perch, and had the axel pin slip out causing the steering to lock up. As a temporary fix I stuffed into the roll pin hole a tapered dowel pin like in the image attached. I don't want to deal with this problem on the 149 that I'm restoring, and I don't believe a tapered pin is a good long term solution in this application.

In looking at those steel bushings attached to the frame they appear to be brazed on. I know removal will be difficult, and as much so keeping a clean hole for reattachment. Plus the bushing looks steeped into the hole, and it wouldn't be practical to braze that back together. The bushings would need to be welded.

So does anyone know of a good fix for this without having to fabricate my own bushings?

Mike