Old Sep 25, 2019 | 08:11 AM
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more updates before it goes back into hibernation over the winter

fancy powerflex bushes fitted yesterday at scc in st albans, a good bunch there, very knowledgeable and local enough to be a place i could frequent for my more specialist motoring requirements in the future



but life was life and the usual bastard card was dealt with the issue of no one being able to source me the correct driveshaft

when i changed the wishbones last year i popped the shaft out and it's knackered one of the roller bearing needle things into the tripod joint so there's a horrendous wobble from about 50 mph and over (although a case of italian tuning seemed to make things better than it was the previous year where it was undriveable above 40 mph so that's good)

but contrary to popular belief, these bushes have no downsides in terms of noise vibration or harshness because the car drives just the way it was before, but with a sharper turn in and a more confident steering feel
on full lock it might have a little bit of an issue at the ends of the steering lock where it feels a bit heavier but that's only when parking, driving the car it's great

for the price of all this faffing about though, it's a lot of money, but it's my car so i don't care
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