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Dumb Bruiser assembly question

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So I started putting together my Bruiser the other night, and I got as far as step 4, installing the rear axle, and came across some weirdness in the manual. It says to apply "synthetic rubber cement" to the spring perches and axle mounts. Which leads me to the following questions:

1. Really?

2. Why? Is it just to keep things in place to make assembly easier? That can't be what actually holds the axle in alignment... can it?

3. What did other people use, if anything? RTV? Shoe Goo? Wrigley's Doublemint?

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I used shoe goo. I believe it's there just to hold things together so they don't slide around during assembly.

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This on the re-re Bruiser , the OG Bruiser didn't spec this when I built mine  . I guess it's to add some 'deadening' / 'cushioning' to the metal parts aswell as the points mentioned before

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Thanks all. Shoe goo it is. It's the only thing I have that isn't blue.

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On the 1/1 in the garage the leaf springs have rubber pieces that match where the Bruiser manual indicates to use the rubber cement so I used silicone sealant to replicate the effect. They should have just included actual rubber pieces IMO.

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