Anti-roll bar bushes
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:12
Hi all
At long last a chance to sort the front end and get rid of that shimmy under brakes.
Whipped the A/R bar off today (ha, makes it sound easy, what a bugger of a job). Sure enough, there's a heap of fore-aft play in the bushes where the A/R bar goes through the track control arm. Not surprising after 22 years.
There's been a bit of discussion on this forum and the other over the years, but thought I'd pose a couple of queries in case anyone has more up to date info:
1. Anyone sourced some good poly bushes lately? I'm finding the 32 pounds (each!) from SJ and Christopher Neil a bit hard to come to terms with!
2. Any special tricks for getting the originals out without destroying? I want to use them as samples at my local Pedders shop.
3. If I end up replacing with the one-piece original style rubbers, what's the trick to getting them in? Swarfega and a vice seems to be the most successful I've read about. Any others?
4. Finally, the workshop manual (section CA page 5) describes two types of bushes, but helpfully (NOT) doesn't say which models have which. Mine's an '87 Excel. Top of page or bottom of page? Which type is supplied by SJ and CN?
Thanks!
Robert
At long last a chance to sort the front end and get rid of that shimmy under brakes.
Whipped the A/R bar off today (ha, makes it sound easy, what a bugger of a job). Sure enough, there's a heap of fore-aft play in the bushes where the A/R bar goes through the track control arm. Not surprising after 22 years.
There's been a bit of discussion on this forum and the other over the years, but thought I'd pose a couple of queries in case anyone has more up to date info:
1. Anyone sourced some good poly bushes lately? I'm finding the 32 pounds (each!) from SJ and Christopher Neil a bit hard to come to terms with!
2. Any special tricks for getting the originals out without destroying? I want to use them as samples at my local Pedders shop.
3. If I end up replacing with the one-piece original style rubbers, what's the trick to getting them in? Swarfega and a vice seems to be the most successful I've read about. Any others?
4. Finally, the workshop manual (section CA page 5) describes two types of bushes, but helpfully (NOT) doesn't say which models have which. Mine's an '87 Excel. Top of page or bottom of page? Which type is supplied by SJ and CN?
Thanks!
Robert