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IMHO, yes.
If your new bushings aren't resting inserted into the depression in the tree, the bolts holding them down are not only under tension but are under extra torsional force too as the unseated bushing is no help in that regard unless inserted into the tree.
That said, my bushings were a pretty obvious design replacement for part No's 7, 17 & 18 in EagleRay's drawing. Yours could be different and therefore installed correctly, I dunno. If all you've got between the base of your spacer and a washer or something at the dead of the bolt (#2) is an oversized hole the diameter of part #7, I think something is wrong.
If your new bushings aren't resting inserted into the depression in the tree, the bolts holding them down are not only under tension but are under extra torsional force too as the unseated bushing is no help in that regard unless inserted into the tree.
That said, my bushings were a pretty obvious design replacement for part No's 7, 17 & 18 in EagleRay's drawing. Yours could be different and therefore installed correctly, I dunno. If all you've got between the base of your spacer and a washer or something at the dead of the bolt (#2) is an oversized hole the diameter of part #7, I think something is wrong.
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Sorry, not the most mechanically gifted =) I can twist a wrench and follow instructions but don't have all the right terminology down (obviously) I can't wiggle them and they are nice and tight and torque'd appropriately. I guess I didn't take enough time during install to see if those would come out.
So I need to take this apart and remove the bottom "spacers" so that the connections are flush on bottom of my 1.5inch spacers?
So I need to take this apart and remove the bottom "spacers" so that the connections are flush on bottom of my 1.5inch spacers?
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Sorry, not the most mechanically gifted =) I can twist a wrench and follow instructions but don't have all the right terminology down (obviously) I can't wiggle them and they are nice and tight and torque'd appropriately. I guess I didn't take enough time during install to see if those would come out.
So I need to take this apart and remove the bottom "spacers" so that the connections are flush on bottom of my 1.5inch spacers?
So I need to take this apart and remove the bottom "spacers" so that the connections are flush on bottom of my 1.5inch spacers?
See below what it looks like on my BO with polyurethane bushings: