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Re: [Mgs] Front End Re-Bushing (Late B)

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Subject: Re: [Mgs] Front End Re-Bushing (Late B)
From: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 12:22:34 +0100
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I have V8 bushings for 20 years in my GT and these last very well.
No sounds are produced, because it still is based on a rubber compound.
ProThane bushings are very hard, so hardly absorb any vibrations.

I used to press them in with a B&D Workmate, after applying Vaseline to the
outer side of the bushing and the place where it is pressed into.
Vaseline also is good against the rubber to dry out.

Cheers,
Hans
71 BGT 


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Verzonden: zaterdag 9 maart 2013 3:08
Aan: eugeneb@nni.com
CC: mgs@autox.team.net
Onderwerp: Re: [Mgs] Front End Re-Bushing (Late B)

Gene,
  Choose anything other than the OEM rubber bushings. My experience with the
replacement bushings, the rubber two-piece and the V8, is that five years is
all you can expect from them, less if you take the car out of the garage and
enjoy it.
   I hesitated, twice, to use the red ProThane bushings because my present
MGB is a GT, and the catalogue notes that the ProThane bushings may transmit
more noise. Cabin resonance in the GT I a concern.
  For the third buying replacement, I installed the ProThane and have been
delighted with them. There is no additional noise that I can detect, and the
improvement in ride and handling is significant. I always liked the GT, but
always felt that this car was both stiff and lumbering. That feeling is
banished. It handles much better and is much more taut under all conditions.
   I am changing my TD to synthetic bushings too, as the present five year
old front bushings appear to be as worn as the sixty year old bushings in
rear springs and shackles.
   Assuming that the nuts and bolts separate without damage, you won't need
any new parts. But check bushing for anti sway bar and all the other bits in
the front, as you don't want to remove control arms and springs any more
often than necessary. It's not complicated (there are instructions easily
found) but you do have to release a spring, and the spring, even on its
rebound rubbers, has a lot of energy.
   If alignment is ok now, it should remain ok.
Bob


---------- Original Message ----------
From: "Eugene Balinski" <eugeneb@nni.com>
To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: [Mgs] Front End Re-Bushing  (Late B)
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:02:59 -0500

All,

   I need to replace the rubber FE bushings on my 1980 B.
They are egg shaped and I think are ready to break through.
I have a couple of questions;

Moss has a several types of bushings.  Is there one type that is preferred,
and why ? I am an average driver that puts on about 1-2 k miles a year,
mostly back roads.

Regarding the actual replacement  - are there any "gotchas"?  Any special
tools required ?  Should I replace the hardware as well as the bushings ?
Will the FE need to be realigned.

Thanks in advance,

   Gene
80 B
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