mrtask
Well-Known Member
I fitted purple poly bushes to my suspension when I rebuilt my car eight years ago. They squeak, and the inner ones have deformed. ISTR the accepted wisdom is to stick with the original type of bushes. Metalastic? With voids that have to be positioned correctly?
Does anybody have a pair of spare front swing arms with these bushes fitted, in good re-useable condition, that they'd like to sell me?
Alternatively, is anybody going to turn up some replacement bushes out of impregnated nylon (as suggested by @cobraboy) or PTFE filled Acetal (as suggested by @sdibbers) ?
I'd take a set of anything that won't deteriorate as fast as the purple poly ones did. The inner flange of the inner bushes has sagged on mine.
So, what's the best practice, or what might be a brilliant new solution?
Does anybody have a pair of spare front swing arms with these bushes fitted, in good re-useable condition, that they'd like to sell me?
Alternatively, is anybody going to turn up some replacement bushes out of impregnated nylon (as suggested by @cobraboy) or PTFE filled Acetal (as suggested by @sdibbers) ?
I'd take a set of anything that won't deteriorate as fast as the purple poly ones did. The inner flange of the inner bushes has sagged on mine.
So, what's the best practice, or what might be a brilliant new solution?
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