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 Post subject: Bottom Arm Bushes?
PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 12:39 pm 
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What type bottom arm Bushes are people using today? I have fitted the Blue non rubber ones to a mini and without it being used they just crumbled and fell out.

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 Post subject: Re: Bottom Arm Bushes?
PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 3:42 pm 
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I have hundreds n hundreds of top quality polly bushes in stock
these don`t crumble
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I stuck with rubber. Poly bushes I tried either crumbled or flowed out of shape.

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 Post subject: Re: Bottom Arm Bushes?
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Has any one tried the Deflex Yellow type Bushes from the UK?

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 Post subject: Re: Bottom Arm Bushes?
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One of the problems with "plastic" bushes is that you don't really know what you've got. I bought mine from Gary(??) Nolan in Adelaide and they've lasted many years.

The main issue however (IMHO) is the use of adjustable caster... which plastic bushes struggle to accommodate.

MiniSpares (UK) supply "offset" rubber bushes.. in that the holes are not co-axial with the outer to allow for the non standard angle of the lower bush pin.

And don't forget to work out whether you need parallel or wedge shaped bushes in the first place..

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1071 S wrote:
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And don't forget to work out whether you need parallel or wedge shaped bushes in the first place..

Cheers, Ian


Can you share your methodology Ian?
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Its the shape of the bushes - one arm type takes bushes with a taper whereas the other type does not.

I think most early minis take the straight bush whereas later minis / adjustable arms from the UK etc take tapered bushes.

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 Post subject: Re: Bottom Arm Bushes?
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DavidE wrote:
1071 S wrote:
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And don't forget to work out whether you need parallel or wedge shaped bushes in the first place..

Cheers, Ian


Can you share your methodology Ian?


Uuumm you poke your finger in the hole where the bushes go. If the hole is cylindrical, use the straight bushes. If the hole is narrower in the centre than at each end, use the wedgie type... :)

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Oooops doubles .....
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 Post subject: Re: Bottom Arm Bushes?
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1071 S wrote:
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1071 S wrote:
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And don't forget to work out whether you need parallel or wedge shaped bushes in the first place..

Cheers, Ian


Can you share your methodology Ian?


Uuumm you poke your finger in the hole where the bushes go. If the hole is cylindrical, use the straight bushes. If the hole is narrower in the centre than at each end, use the wedgie type... :)

Cheers, Ian


Nothing vaguely technical then?
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 Post subject: Re: Bottom Arm Bushes?
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Even you old Guys should be able to work it out 8)

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