Poly Bushes For Griffs

[mickypee]

Hello all,

Here is something that might excite a number of you. I am putting my Griff on the road at long last as I am fed up of having a georgous ornament sitting in the garage!! So the first thing I wanted to do was replace the rear suspension bushes as I knew one had detatched from the the rubber bonding. I went to Powerflex on my way to work and asked for a complete set of poly bushes for the car. "Sorry sir, we don't do those anymore:yikes: BUT, we are working on some new ones.

They showed me one of the new ones which are nothing short of brilliant. It is the poly tophat shape similar the old ones, but inside is a teflon bearing and the stainless tube as before. The urethane is 95 shore rated, so has much rigidity, and the bearing is virtually frictionless. On the outside of the poly part is a plastic weather seal to prevent any moisture from contaminating the bearing. I moved the tube with my fingers and it is just as if it had a roller bearing in there. I have ordered a "test" set from them for some development work, but I cant see there being much of a problem. I am due to recieve them in a couple of weeks, and assuming they all fit, they should be available for all.

[Pum]

Sounds interesting, and an issue close to my heart, as I'm planning on doing mine, probably over the winter. Please post updates when you have news.

Thanx, Pum.

[joospeed]

yeah they're really neat aren't they? I've been working with dave at powerflex for a couple of months on this project .. i'll let you all know as soon as the production versions are ready, i've ordered 15 car sets and have advanced orders for over half of those already. better get your names down quick i think 01246456660

[bluebottle]

Just about to strip and refurb my suspension and put polybushes in.
Does everyone reuse the original bolts when you poly bush the wishbones?.
I have my superflex bushes here and noticed that the sleeves are stainless steel,This got me thinking should I be changing the bolts to stainless also so that i can isolate the two metal types with isolation washers to the chassis?
Also wasn't sure if the bolts are high yield. Also unsure of bolt torque settings for the suspension.
Does anyone have any advise on this?

[seasider]

bluebottle said:

Also unsure of bolt torque settings for the suspension. Does anyone have any advise on this?

Tight + a little bit more...

That was how i did mine on a Sunday, then got the same advice from esteemed a Poly bush supplier/Tvr Indi

[spend]

Bugger Joo! Reckon there might be a market for used poly bushes on e-bay?

Dave

[antonyj]

Joo, any rough guess at cost for a car set?

[old64er]

spend said:

Bugger Joo! Reckon there might be a market for used poly bushes on e-bay? Dave

you can sell everthing else!!! check out the griff nearside mirror on there now, now who would sell one of those?


mmmmmmmm I wonder

[Aaron C. Reskew]

bluebottle said:

Just about to strip and refurb my suspension and put polybushes in. Does everyone reuse the original bolts when you poly bush the wishbones?. I have my superflex bushes here and noticed that the sleeves are stainless steel,This got me thinking should I be changing the bolts to stainless also so that i can isolate the two metal types with isolation washers to the chassis? Also wasn't sure if the bolts are high yield. Also unsure of bolt torque settings for the suspension. Does anyone have any advise on this?

The standard BZP ones are fine with a bit of copperslip (not applied as standard).Just renew the nylock nut. Tickle the exposed bolt ends with waxoyl and you should have no problems.

[GreenV8S]

joospeed said:

i've ordered 15 car sets and have advanced orders for over half of those already. better get your names down quick i think 01246456660

Would these fit S series fronts too Joolz?

[spend]

old64er said:

you can sell everthing else!!! check out the griff nearside mirror on there now, now who would sell one of those? mmmmmmmm I wonder

Must be some sadistic b@stard who will be sat comfortably at home with a beer laughing at the poor bugger who buys & has to fit it :-))))))

[bugsy]

Yes
I keep getting asked for Poly Bushes and Powerflex seem to be going in the right direction, funnily enough they are looking to make the new bumpstops for my Gaz shocks as well.
IMHO well worth considering.