FYI-Everest 10 and axial steering bushings not equivalent

[Smokin' Joe]

I'm in the process of overhauling my Everest 10's steering and figured I'd post this in case it helps someone else down the road. I bought some Axial based steering knuckles that did not come with steering bushings and figured I could reuse the steering bushings from my E10 since the measurements seemed close. I don't have the stock axial ones to compare them to, but based on the (imperfect) fitment, I'm guessing the bushings from the E10 are slightly longer and may have a slightly narrower OD (they fall out of the knuckles by gravity if you don't hold them in). I could have ground them down to remove the extra length, but even if I did this there still would have been an excess of slop in the steering that would have been difficult to remove. I ended up buying some other bushings, but I could have saved some shipping if I had known I needed them.

 

[Smokin' Joe]

I got some Locked up RC steering bushings to compare to the E10 ones. The E10 ones are definitely longer. The E10 ones also have a slightly smaller OD. Given that the LURC bushings are supposed to be oversize it is possible the E10 ones are the same OD as the stock axial bushings.