DIY wishbone

[taylormj4]

Anyone about who does their own repairs / maintanence on their TVR Chimaera? If "yes", has anyone changed a lower front wishbone - I guess pressing the old bushes out is a swine but other than this is it relatively straight forward? Also, where can I get lists of torque settings for the various bolts please.

Cheers

[scruff400]

Yes,

Yes,

And Here

[taylormj4]

Wow Scruff, now that's what I call a "to the point" email! Just what I was looking for, Cheers .

[mark]

Do the new wishbones come without the bushes fitted? How much do the lower wishbones cost these days?

MB

[taylormj4]

Well I've had a variey of quotes Mark, but the wishbone seems to be around 80GBP and somewhere in the region of 120GBP for fitting. I understand that the wishbone comes without the bushings inserted. You'd be mad to reuse the old ones though after going to the trouble of pulling the suspension to bits.

[philshort]

quote:mad to reuse the old ones

actually you'd be a magician! Pretty nigh on impossible to remove without destruction. Took a 50 tonne press to get mine out. Peninsula (and others) do some poly replacements which are a lot easier to fit, and will be a lot easier to replace when/if the time comes.

[grasp]

When you've got your new bushes in and youre ready to fit to fit the arm-get some nylon washers(as fitted to cerbera wishbone bushes)and fit these to either side of the bush when you refit the arm this stops the bushes from tearing,as they do-you may need to make the hole diameter of the washer larger to make them fit....

[taylormj4]

Good advice Grasp,
I've fitted a whole set of Land Rover poly-bushes and these actually had side flanges that do the job of stopping the bush sliding about. I have a few other bushes that have torn sideways like this - a nylon washer insert sounds like a good idea.