Kurt Eckert 1963 Series III GT
-----Original Message----- From: GSTROM99(at)aol.com [mailto:GSTROM99(at)aol.com] Sent: Thursday, May 28, 1998 9:36 PM To: alpines(at)autox.team.net Subject: Series II control arm bushings
Well, after restoring the rust bucket that I bought last June '97, I've been able to put some miles on it. Had one wierd feeling though, but I figured out why my Series II wasn't real stable and wandered "a bit". It also made a clunk on occasional bumps. The right upper control arm bushings are WASTED, ie real worn... Ordered two kits from Kurt at Classic Sunbeam (his LAST two, he said!!) I have not received them yet, but do have an extra replacement kit for the bottom which came with the car. I assume they are the same design. My question is this...
These "bushings" are actually just threaded onto the cross shaft, I don't see that there is any movement inside the bushing itself (like a normal rubber bushing). Am I right that, the only deflection when the suspension moves up and down is this shaft screwing back and forth a real small amount within these "bushings"?
The manual shows threaded ends (with nuts on the ends) and non-threaded bushings, and just explains a "normal" pressing out and in of the replacements. As my bushings are threaded onto the shaft, is there a SPECIAL procedure that I need? Or am I to assume that once one bushing is in place, and the shaft is screwed into it, that the other bushing will rotate and thread itself to the shaft, as it presses down???
I don't get it... Please help.
gary strom series II newly restored (303 miles)