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1. Polyurethane Bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:22:27 -0500; Hello everyone. I just signed up for this list yesterday and have my first question. I am in the process of ordering the needed parts to start reassembling the rear end on my 73 Midget. I was plannin; /html/spridgets/2005-01/msg00416.html (8,061 bytes)
2. Re: Polyurethane Bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:06:49 -0800 filter02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net; Hi Greg, Welcome ot the List. I use the standard bushings on my car, because a shop that I trusted very much advised against the poly version. I was told that they are too stiff and can cause problem; /html/spridgets/2005-01/msg00418.html (7,744 bytes)
3. Re: Polyurethane Bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:09:11 GMT j0JMAjAC016765; Greg...welcome! :). What's the application in terms of how the car is going to be used, driven??? Daily street driver, autocross, track. Stock powerplant, tuned??? To what extent. Highway driving mos; /html/spridgets/2005-01/msg00419.html (7,738 bytes)
4. Re: Polyurethane Bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:14:47 -0600 reply-type=original with any abuse report; I have used the red urethane bushings for the last five years or so and have never had any trouble with them. They are available in several hardnesses, so you do not have to go for the ultimate stif; /html/spridgets/2005-01/msg00422.html (8,062 bytes)
5. Re: Polyurethane Bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 23:11:16 -0500 5.0; U); I have used the red bushings, from either VB or Moss, on both of the recent Sprites we owned. I agree with David. Given the worn and distorted crud I took out before installing the red ones, I don't; /html/spridgets/2005-01/msg00442.html (8,725 bytes)
6. Re: Polyurethane Bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:09:25 GMT j0LBBHAC012983; The rubber ones are softer and allow for more "flex" and are therefore easier on the suspension and body at the expense of "tighter" handling. However, an offlist discussion with David reveals his a; /html/spridgets/2005-01/msg00444.html (9,032 bytes)
7. Re: Polyurethane Bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 07:55:32 -0500; With plastic bushings in the leaf springs the car will have more resistance to chassis roll, and the possibility to upset the handling. Quarter elliptic cars may have less tolerance for that, and the; /html/spridgets/2005-01/msg00446.html (9,090 bytes)
8. Re: Polyurethane Bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 08:20:18 -0600; I can't speak for their use in a Spridget, but we put the Blue Prothane throughout the front suspension of my wife's '58 Magentte, and they're great. A bit firmer than the rubber, but not harsh at al; /html/spridgets/2005-01/msg00447.html (9,200 bytes)
9. Re: Polyurethane Bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:22:49 -0500 5.0; U); I have not been that discerning with respect to the different grades of bought "red" throughout, and found that the suspension stays better in place than with the worn rubber. New rear springs helped; /html/spridgets/2005-01/msg00448.html (10,327 bytes)
10. Re: Polyurethane Bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:14:52 GMT j0LIGiAC025402; Well...these has been a pretty educational thread...for me, at least. in my mind there are different grades of hardness for the prothanes and also, it depends upon the personal tastes of the owner an; /html/spridgets/2005-01/msg00449.html (8,917 bytes)
11. Re: Polyurethane Bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:07:21 GMT j0LJ9IAC027064; Ah, yes....seek and yee shall recieve!!! Arriveth....latest Moss email....and whaddya know..... .....prothane polyurethane bushings.....the "red" ones, anyway. :):) Now, are these the relatively "sof; /html/spridgets/2005-01/msg00451.html (8,474 bytes)
12. Re: Polyurethane Bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:27:35 -0500; There must be a supplier out there other than Moss and Victoria British for these. Their price for a few poly bushings seems outrageous. I just order standard replacement bushings from Peter C.. Sinc; /html/spridgets/2005-01/msg00452.html (9,620 bytes)
13. Re: Polyurethane Bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:16:23 -0800; O.K., I can't stand this thread any longer. If you want polyurethane bushings that ar as soft as rubber or as hard as you want, go to this web site: http://www.noltecsuspension.com/index.php This com; /html/spridgets/2005-01/msg00453.html (10,306 bytes)
14. RE: Polyurethane Bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:26:14 -0600; Nice link Mike Do you know of a US Supplier for these bushings ? Thanks Duncan; /html/spridgets/2005-01/msg00458.html (8,366 bytes)
15. Re: Polyurethane Bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:30:48 -0500; I emailed the company a few hours ago looking for a US supplier. I will let you know what they come back with. Greg; /html/spridgets/2005-01/msg00459.html (9,070 bytes)
16. Re: Polyurethane Bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:44:16 -0800; No. I was just directed to the web site by someone on the big Healey list.; /html/spridgets/2005-01/msg00460.html (8,839 bytes)
17. Re: Polyurethane Bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:42:17 -0800 (PST); Only bushing failure I've had was this summer on the race sprite; red poly bushings from Australia that came with Bugeye Barn negative camber blocks (same as on Speedwell website) wore out in 3 sessi; /html/spridgets/2005-01/msg00466.html (8,104 bytes)
18. Polyurethane bushings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 20:27:37 -0500; I am in the process of putting the red polyurethane bushings from Moss into the front suspension of my 72 Midget. I noticed that the original upper trunion bushings have steel cores which present a s; /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg00073.html (6,706 bytes)

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