What a pig of a job

[dixiebabes]

See them blue bushes? Yes them blue BA****D ones at the bottom of the tie bar. I will never ever take them off again. They did not want to go back on at all!!!!

[hallsie]

lubrication, and plenty of it!

Should sort out the bushes aswell!

[mrzigazaga]

Why did you use polybastids?...

[dixiebabes]

They slid on ok it was compressing them to get the nut on the bottom. Whats wrong with the poly bushes then Zig?

Dix

[mrzigazaga]

Theres nothing wrong with poly's bush.....When i was replacing some bushes on mine i was going to go for poly but they were three times the price and three times as hard which means there is probably not enough flex in them..I know they are ok for a tracked car but after speaking with Dan taylor he hit the nail on the head when he said "Whats wrong with original".."They have lasted 30 years already"...I dont supppose they are that bad...How did you get on with the disc's..Any pic's...Ziga

[JMF894]

Yep i had this problem when i polybushed the drop links. There just was not enough clearance to then get the nut back on.

In the end i said f@@k it and stuck on some SH drop links instead

Jimbo

[dixiebabes]

Hi mark decided to leave the discs for another day to give my finger ends time to stop bleeding. Like jimbo said they take some getting on. I went for the poly bushes just because of the distortion of the rubber ones at the top of the tie bar but like you said they have been on a while.

Dix

[superwedge]

you need a set off these ones.

[Wedg1e]

dixiebabes said:

They slid on ok it was compressing them to get the nut on the bottom. Whats wrong with the poly bushes then Zig?

Dix

Sounds familiar.. I have the purply ones on as well, within a matter of weeks they'd compressed out of shape and are probably just as shot as the rubber ones I took out

[dixiebabes]

Well they are staying on cause I'm not going through that s@@@te again.

Dix

[The Hatter]

It'll be interesting what you think of how the car drives and if they last... I put rubber bushes on my car from a certain welsh supplier and they'd split within a week. They were a sod to get on too.

Moral of the story is to use OE quality material not cheap sawdust filled cr*p, then maybe they'll last another 30 years!

[dixiebabes]

Hope your right Martin cause these buggers were far from cheap.

Dix

[mrzigazaga]

There's a couple of budgies going cheap at our local pet store if your interested.....
Seriously though i hope they are ok mate and they last as there is nothing worst than having to do the same job over and over and over again..Especially when it is a pig of a job!..Ziga

[Wedg1e]

The Hatter said:

I put rubber bushes on my car from a certain welsh supplier

SWP?

[Campbell]

You big girl Dix

your anti roll bar it red...

looks like you have done a nice job, just need to see some brakes on it now...

Cambelt

[The Hatter]

Yep... the ball joints from them went straight into the bin; machining as rough as hell, ungraded nuts/bolts. Rubber bushes weren't even concentric, same destination.

The only bits I percevered with was the roll bar bushes, should have gone with my first instincts! I thought they'd be easy to swap out again... doh!

[dixiebabes]

Campbell said:

You big girl Dix

your anti roll bar it red...

looks like you have done a nice job, just need to see some brakes on it now...

Cambelt

Kim said I had to paint it red. Looking forward to see how it stops when the 4 porters are on. I have heard good reports about the improvement. Oh Aye Campbell Kim said she wanted the calipers painted red as well lol.

Just have to get the doctor to sort my back out before I can attempt to fit them.

Dix