[Spridgets] Suspension bushes - little arm thing too long?!

fastvee fastvee at yahoo.com
Tue May 25 19:33:10 MDT 2010


Chris,
The bolt shown is not the standard part. Is that a hex socket head? I can't tell from the pic, but if it is, then it has pulled into the bushing. I would buy the correct upper fulcrum bolts and lock nuts for reassembly and you may be able to reuse the poly bushings. 
John
Fogelsville, PA

--- On Tue, 5/25/10, Chris Rae <Chris.Rae at microsoft.com> wrote:

From: Chris Rae <Chris.Rae at microsoft.com>
Subject: [Spridgets] Suspension bushes - little arm thing too long?!
To: "spridget" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 7:19 PM

Me again! I decided to replace the front suspension bushes, as they were
falling to bits. Well, I was very pleased with myself - got the ones off the
top control arms nice and quickly, put in the new ones, covered them in
grease, put everything back together and...

Hmm...

http://chrisrae.com/hosting/spritebushes.jpg

... there's a load of play in there! I wish I'd paid more attention to the
things when I took them off, but it looks to me like the bolt that goes
through the whole thing is simply too long. Is this possible? Or, erm, have I
done something boneheaded again?


More information about the Spridgets mailing list