Poly bush advice please.

[Steve-V8s]

The holiday project is to clean up, pain and re-bush the front end suspension. Got everything ready for reassembly but am a bit surprised at how “snug” the wishbones are with the new Poly bushes fitted. I have struggled for nearly an hour to get one hole lined up. Is this normal or have blundered somewhere ? If it is normal does anybody have any tips for lining the parts up ?

Help please, I would like to get the job finished this week.

Thanks

[johno]

Normal .... just check that the sleeves do fit between the chassis mounting brackets, as sometimes these can be very tight.

They can be a bugger to fit, but good lubrication and a screwdriver through the chassis eye to inside the sleeve to lever it into place also helps ...

They are designed to be a tight fit, the worst I ever did were the rear trailing arms on my S .... 4 hrs and nearly screaming in frustration !!

[spend]

Drift the mounts out slightly with large instrument, best done before painting, I found out afterwards as usual.

A large punch is perfect for lining up the bushes, I found one the sane size as the bolts. In cold weather warming the bushes by dipping in hot water & spraying outside with silicon spray helped when easing them in to the chassis.

Dave

[Steve-V8s]

OK, thanks for the replies, I will carry on with the cussing and swearing out in the garage then. A lot happier knowing that it is normal, not just me being simple.