Thread: Rear wishbone
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Old May 24, 2012 | 12:31 AM
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Hopefully these can be of help:

Stripped for paint and original bushes removed
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During enamel coating
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After coating and bushes fitted
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I found that the original bushes were bonded rubber to a metal outer which was pressed into the arm, possibly with the arm heated to allow a tighter fit. With all that removed leaving just the arm itself the bushes i got from Floflex were a tight but good fit, required ever so slight filing of the inner edge to get them to press in square without catching and twisting, and a wipe of copper grease helped too.

They do look quite chunky and fit very snugly into the inner mounting points on the car.
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