fitting poly bushes - help required
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Hi
I'm fitting poly bushes (purchased from TVRparts) to the front suspension of my S1. The top wishbone bushes push in as I expected and allow the wishbone to be fitted to the chassis but the lower ones are giving me a headache. One bush half(with steel insert) will sit correctly but the other half bush will not sit fully home - approx 2 - 3 mm to go, this stops the wishbone from being entered into the chassis bracket. I have also tried fitting both bush halves and then try to push the steel insert through but it will not go through both without distorting the second bush half.
Is there another way to do this?
I'm fitting poly bushes (purchased from TVRparts) to the front suspension of my S1. The top wishbone bushes push in as I expected and allow the wishbone to be fitted to the chassis but the lower ones are giving me a headache. One bush half(with steel insert) will sit correctly but the other half bush will not sit fully home - approx 2 - 3 mm to go, this stops the wishbone from being entered into the chassis bracket. I have also tried fitting both bush halves and then try to push the steel insert through but it will not go through both without distorting the second bush half.
Is there another way to do this?
Recall having bit of a struggle too !
Think my solution was to put both bushes in then press sleeve in (using vise) but to help it enter the second bush I cut a very slight chamfer with a nice sharp knife, just enough to "guide" the sleeve in,but not enough in my opinion to have any effect once all assembled, and plenty of lubricant.
Also found couple of sleeves very slightly too long to fit between chassis brackets, I filed them down a touch rather than try to force brackets wider, if chassis has been re powder coated could well damage or crack it.
HTH.
Think my solution was to put both bushes in then press sleeve in (using vise) but to help it enter the second bush I cut a very slight chamfer with a nice sharp knife, just enough to "guide" the sleeve in,but not enough in my opinion to have any effect once all assembled, and plenty of lubricant.
Also found couple of sleeves very slightly too long to fit between chassis brackets, I filed them down a touch rather than try to force brackets wider, if chassis has been re powder coated could well damage or crack it.
HTH.
phillpot said:
Also found couple of sleeves very slightly too long to fit between chassis brackets, I filed them down a touch rather than try to force brackets wider, if chassis has been re powder coated could well damage or crack it.
HTH.
The brackets are quite easy to bend, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if one of them got pushed out of shape while you were taking things apart.HTH.
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