[TR] TR4A upper wishbone bushing choices

[Jim Henningsen]

As mentioned previously, don’t forget to liberally lube them up to avoid squeeking.  I did that at install and haven’t had to again in ten years. Jim

> On Aug 28, 2020, at 9:06 AM, Greg <greg at gregoryd.com> wrote:
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> Thank you Greg and Jim.
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> I’m going with two-piece poly.
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> From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Greg Lemon <grglmn at gmail.com>
> Date: Friday, August 28, 2020 at 12:23 AM
> Cc: Triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [TR] TR4A upper wishbone bushing choices
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> P.S. have not installed one piece, but have tried similar, I strongly suspect they make a very simple job into a PITA.
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> Greg Lemon
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> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 8:25 PM Greg <greg at gregoryd.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
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> This concerns the front suspension of my ‘67 TR4A.
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> The bushings that go over the upper fulcrum pin and support the upper wishbone need replacing, something I’ve never done.
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> I’m wondering if anyone has an opinion on the best replacement bushing to use.
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> I’m referring to item 4:
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> Moss offers a selection of replacements: one rubber, three polyurethane. The more expensive poly is a “one piece” bushing, while the rest are two pieces.
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> Two-piece poly:
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> One-piece poly:
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> I’m interested in opinions on:
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> 1: poly vs. rubber
> 2: one-piece vs. two-piece
> 3: anything else you think might help, like is there something I should probably also look at replacing while doing this work?
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> Thank you,
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> Greg
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