GKN Diff bushes anyone ?

[stesrg]

Hi I was hoping someone can tell me where to get hold of the 2 small diff bushes for early Griffith/ chimera ?

no luck at powers

Thanks
Ste .

[Andy_mr2sc]

I used Racing Green for my poly diff bushes. I appreciate they're different but could be worth asking them as they were decent bushes at a decent price. Just a shame they are orange!!

[N7GTX]

Are these what you are looking for?

http://www.racetechdirect.co.uk/tvr-differential.a...

[stesrg]

N7GTX said:

Are these what you are looking for?

http://www.racetechdirect.co.uk/tvr-differential.a...

Thanks just under 50 bloody quid they probably get for £7.80 each !! makes my blood boil but i was desperate for them !! oh well hay how off to work we go to compensate .......

ste .

[stesrg]

Oh btw the diff on my car was rebuilt quite a while ago using the wrong parts !! and now the bushes i have took out was shorter so watch out if you are getting one done ?

Ste .

[stesrg]

well the story so far !! the bushes came and you guessed it they were the wrong ones , so racetec said I would hae to modify them wish i would have now purchaced the BTR brackets and bushes anyway i had to bore out my original brackets for these bushes to press in and than cut 5mm off each side , they said you cant get this early type of bush ?

anyone else had this problem with early griffs ?

Thanks Ste

[carsy]

Yes i did when i did mine.

I ended up using the bigger ones. I cut them in half and removed the appropriate amount off each half so they became the correct length and then pressed each half into the bracket.

I didnt touch the bracket. Yes they were a tight fit but maybe this has helped keep them in place. I just squeezed them in with the vice. In 4 years they havent budged and no problems.

I have since heard that David Gerald TVR stocks the correct smaller size polys for the early GKN. Maybe worth a call.

[N7GTX]

Theses are supposed to fit all diffs from '93 on???

http://tvr-parts.com/tvr-parts/part-details/tvr-ki...

Edited by N7GTX on Thursday 26th May 15:12

[hillclimbmanic]

stesrg said:

well the story so far !! the bushes came and you guessed it they were the wrong ones , so racetec said I would hae to modify them wish i would have now purchaced the BTR brackets and bushes anyway i had to bore out my original brackets for these bushes to press in and than cut 5mm off each side , they said you cant get this early type of bush ?

anyone else had this problem with early griffs ?

Thanks Ste

Yes...ME.!!
I had to turn down the centre spacer, and the bush itself, by about 5mm a side...

[stesrg]

All done now

[carsy]

Ahhh, sorry, i thought we were referring to polys. Didnt realise you were using oe metalastic.