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1986s4
11-27-18, 08:57
What, if any, are the performance advantages of the thick barrel bushing? Or is it mostly cosmetic?
Norseman
11-27-18, 11:12
Purely speculative, but durability/strength would be logical in my eyes.
17K
11-28-18, 10:55
They can crack from the recoil spring pushing on then. Rare, but I don't think there's ever been any failure of the thicker Kart type bushings.
opngrnd
11-28-18, 18:39
You can have your barrel recessed and crowned. I think it looks pretty awesome to do that with the thicker flange.
Gödel
11-28-18, 19:00
If you have a tightly fitted bushing, thicker ones give you more surface for the bushing wrench.

I would rate normal bushing failure as exceedingly rare.