Rear Bush

[Stevo302]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-Tuscan-Vixen-Wishbon...
New decent rear bushes required. Are these any good off eBay?
Regards.

[280i]

I would also like to know if the nylon bushings are any good. I have Polyurethane ones on my 71 Vixen 2500 and i almost think they could be to soft. They did come with the car when i bought it so i am not sure they are a quality part.

Are any of the Vixen's bushings the same as on the Triumph TR6? i have seen some Nylatron bushings for that car. I have heard very good things about Nylatron.

Edited by 280i on Tuesday 6th May 15:57

[Grantura MKI]

Metalastic bushes are OE for your car....they have mostly been NLA for some time now. The ones in the link are not OE and have not seen them in this colour....blue ones are the most common. Would chech the usual vendors, sorry I sold my last complete set last year to a Griffith owner.
Best,
D.

[heightswitch]

I like yellow ones. Yellow definitely better than Blue.

[Grantura MKI]

heightswitch said:

I like yellow ones. Yellow definitely better than Blue.

Those are trick! How harsh is the ride?
Best,
D.

[madsvlund]

Are that really needed ?

On my M did I use rubber bushes all around, and that's super tight and stiff, and at the same time no ratteling.

And with just 5mm rubber between the inner and outer bush, will the max deflection be around 1mm, compared to the tyre, that probaly will flex 10mm.

Sure if the bushes is too close together, can it give a problem, with quite some angle to the wishbones.

On the M chassis, and perhaps allso some older ones, are there another overlooked problem in the design. The 2 steel flaps that support each wishbone bush, wave a very limited rigidity to braking forces. Mine did have a Z shape to allmost all of them, offsetting caster and toe. And this could allso contribude to flex in the suspension.

[Stevo302]

heightswitch said:

I like yellow ones. Yellow definitely better than Blue.

Very nice, but, Thought you would need some flex though?

[heightswitch]

Stevo302 said:

Very nice, but, Thought you would need some flex though?

No i needed zero flex at all.
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[Stevo302]

heightswitch said:

No i needed zero flex at all.
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But what about for general road use? Flex or no flex?
Not everyone can make their own, would been nice to have the option though.

[griff 200]

I've asked my local race teams and tvr specialists that do fast road cars and track cars with 400ph plus etc and all say they use new good quality rubber bushes. So that's good enough for me.

[heightswitch]

griff 200 said:

I've asked my local race teams and tvr specialists that do fast road cars and track cars with 400ph plus etc and all say they use new good quality rubber bushes. So that's good enough for me.

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[Stevo302]

Best place to get new rear poly bush sets from?
Regards.

[heightswitch]

Stevo302 said:

Best place to get new rear poly bush sets from?
Regards.

Chris Witor, Steve Reid, Adrian venn

http://www.superflex.co.uk/products.php?cat=383

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Edited by heightswitch on Sunday 11th May 19:11

[Stevo302]

Brill. Many thanks.