Tvr 350i front suspension

[active1064]

Sorry to hassle you guys

Need some more help on front suspension bushes etc?

Is there a good source for all bits.

Might save me searching the internet for ages only to purchase the wrong stuff!

All help would be grateful.

The old girl is due in Monaco in Aug under her own steam I might add.

Ps it's a kind of top gear challenge with a lamborghini and two people
who strangely like trains.

Cheers

[simonwedge]

The bushes are standard Mk4/5 Ford Cortina except the anti-roll bar bushes which are TVR specific. You can find standard Cortina bushes online or at any decent motor factor. Alternatively you could move to polyurethane bushes - see link http://www.superflex.co.uk/products.php?cat=384

P.S. You're not hassling people by asking, this is exactly what the forum is for.

Simon

Edited by simonwedge on Saturday 27th April 09:12

[Yatesy350i]

Hi

You can get all the Cortina wishbone bushes in original rubber from here.

http://www.oldpartstore.net/

And Neil at ML performance can sort you out with poly bushes for the droplinks, steering rack, anti roll bar and tie rods.

Ball joints off eBay. Did mine back in January.

Karl

[uglymug]

Hi , got all mine from South Wales Propshafts in Newport , not so far away from me.............

[Wedg1e]

ARB bushes on my car were standard Ford bits, dunno why they'd be TVR specific...

[Yatesy350i]

Wedg1e said:

ARB bushes on my car were standard Ford bits, dunno why they'd be TVR specific...

Yep they are standard Ford. But I wanted some poly ones. Was advised not to use poly on the wishbones though, so went with standard rubber. Poly on everything else now though.

[Yatesy350i]

I would have liked to get my hands on some of the Steve Heath drop links as well. But had to make do with poly bushing the old ones.

[Wedg1e]

I fitted polyurethane on my drop links; might as well have not bothered, I think they were fked after one summer.

[Yatesy350i]

Wedg1e said:

I fitted polyurethane on my drop links; might as well have not bothered, I think they were fked after one summer.

I'll let you know next year

My old rubber ones were in a terrible state. But as you say I bet they had been on a few years. I was really surprised with the state of most of the rubber wishbone bushes. To be honest I doubt they needed replacing, but while it was in pieces it seemed foolish not to do the job properly.

As for drop links I've seen a few pics of rose jointed ones. That got to be the way to go I would think? It's just finding some.

[Wedg1e]

Yatesy350i said:

I'll let you know next year

My old rubber ones were in a terrible state. But as you say I bet they had been on a few years. I was really surprised with the state of most of the rubber wishbone bushes. To be honest I doubt they needed replacing, but while it was in pieces it seemed foolish not to do the job properly.

As for drop links I've seen a few pics of rose jointed ones. That got to be the way to go I would think? It's just finding some.

Aye, when I replaced my wishbone bushes they still looked suspiciously serviceable; they were Boge items (i.e. a quality brand in the day), the one I fitted were some replicas probably made in Asia from yak dung and spit. I can't comment on longevity as I doubt the car has done 500 miles since I fitted them

The problem I did have was that the inner tube of the large inboard bush of the upper arm had cracked longitudinally in three places so the arm had more movement than a 6th-form girls' gym class on Spacehoppers.

As for rose jointing, it'd be a simple enough thing to knock together: spherical rod ends (as they're known) are easily found in a wide range of sizes, and a length of internally threaded rod or hex bar is hardly difficult.