I've recently bought a set of polybushes for my Sapph and the plan was to replace the swinging arm bushes with the proper Ford bushes because of the bearings in them, i've checked with Ford though and you cant get the full set of them anymore, does anyone know of anywhere that still does them?

Thanks, Karl

 

Afraid not karl,i have a brand new set of the big ones but waiting on the small ones from ford.

 

i had them in mine,when i changed them to poly bushes they were a total mare to remove.

 

Same here I had the press upto 13 Tonnne to get the one out, it went will a hell of a bang!!

Rich

 

know lambchop has a pr of the large size he might sell,and mike r might be getting them reproduced,duncan at auto unlimited did have sets at Ł150 per arm plus postage

cheeRS stu

 

Dont they just...proper bang

 

Automotive unlimited have one side for sale, Ł149, have a butch on ebay


Luciano

 

For that price you might as well buy two h/d rod end bearings, and mod the arm for adjustable camber and toe, and still have money over.
tabetha

 

Thanks for the replies, has anyone polybushed the rear arms?

What does it drive like?

I know its the wrong thing to do but if i cant get the proper bushes this mighht be my only option.

Cheers, Karl

 

Have you got any more info on doing this or pics of it done?

Cheers, Karl

 

why is it a bad idea to polybush the rear arms?i done mine,was it a bad idea?

 

The original bushes have a bearing in them whereas the polybushes are just a solid bush so effectively you're downgrading when fitting the polybush.

I've been told by a few people not to do it but there may be no other option.

How does yours drive now by the way?

 

the bushes were shagged before so it drives loads better.mine is a bit twitchy at the front,but my steering coupling is split and perished and i have 3mm spacers on the front wheels so im putting it down to that.apart from that its great.at Ł150 per side i think i would get an adjustable rear beam.

 

Yeah, thats the other option, lol.

Ł300 for 4 bushes is a lot of money!!

 

plus the hassle of taking the arms off to have them removed/fitted.mine needed new brake pipes at the same time,and the abs clips broke.is that compomotive mo,s you have on your car?i fancy a set for my car.i have rs diamond cuts on mine,if i get them sold ill buy the compos.

 

Yeah, they are mate, mine are 7.5x17 ET37