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Rear supension bushes

Postby 850tc on Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:44 am

Hi all. Now got round to the back of the car (1974CS1) and have a question! Are all the rubber bushings in the trailing arms and panhard rod the same part? Thanks for any help!
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Re: Rear supension bushes

Postby halg on Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:02 am

See the post Trailing Arms, under Suspension Related.
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Re: Rear supension bushes

Postby 850tc on Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:11 am

Thanks! I guess I'd better learn to use the forum properly...
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Re: Rear supension bushes

Postby 850tc on Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:36 am

Well I think I've found the answer! The panhard rod and the short trailing arms have the same (2-piece) rubber bushes.
The bushes for the long trailing arms are slightly larger and have the rubber in one piece. I've ordered them from O&S in Germany. Fitting them will be entertaining!
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Re: Rear supension bushes

Postby 850tc on Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:43 am

Just as an update, the bushes are fitted and car is now on 4 wheels again! The small 2 piece ones (panhard rod and short arms) were easy to do, I separated one washer and pressed them back together with a long bolt. The washers just clipped back over their original peening. The large ones however were b******s! Getting the centre spacer through was bad enough but compressing the whole lot to go back into the housings on the axle and the body was hard. So hard in fact that I'm not convinced the rubbers were the right ones. I'll have to see how they go when the car is running - I've left them all loose for now - just have to remember to torque them up with some weight on board! On to the interior now!
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