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    Re: Front Suspension Query

    Have you bought a Hawk too now Clive?

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    Re: Front Suspension Query

    Reminds me I must dis/reassemble mine this winter- they've been together a few years. I use a wooden dowel as a drift to knock the rod out from the inside - keeps all the spacers and stuff joined up for reinserting the rod.

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    Re: Front Suspension Query

    I used grease to hold "large washers" in place..... Because I'd bought another couple of rods, I found that inserting one rod from "radiator end" and then another from inside the car to line everything up worked reasonably well.

    The final piece of the jigsaw (spacers etc) I found the trickiest to get in... I found that using one of the large washers was the easiest final part to push in and line up.

    I have to admit to using a rubber mallet to tap the rod fully through. All seems OK.

    I remember using Guy's technique 1st time around and that seemed to work well too.

    Good tip ref tightening when it's on the deck... Many thanks.

    Andrew

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    Re: Front Suspension Query

    No, John, just an interest in the discussion!

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    Re: Front Suspension Query

    Quote Originally Posted by AndyH View Post
    Hi,

    All good and I re-assembled.... The one thing I'm not sure on is how tight the whole think needs clamped together.
    Just to confirm if you have metalastic bushes these all need to be done up tight with the car at normal road height. The rubber bush flexes about its mid point. If done up in Droop the bush will tear.

    Same applies to nylotron leter bushes so the steel inner is nipped and does not rotate.

    So not loose!!!!

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    Re: Front Suspension Query

    Mine are Nylotron and very tight.... I guess you could argue they can't really be too tight and I guess less of an issue if nipped up in droop as the steel insert just rotates in the bush.

    When I initially assembled, I left them too slack and found a very small amount of elongation in the hole into the cockpit due to the rod rotating.... maybe 0.5mm.... just enough to feel it.

    Since then I tighten up, but me thinks maybe just a bit too tight :-)

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    Re: Front Suspension Query

    Quote Originally Posted by Two-Eight-Six View Post
    No, John, just an interest in the discussion!
    Ahh, well fair enough!
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    Last edited by john; 19-12-2016 at 19:29.

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    Re: Front Suspension Query

    Quote Originally Posted by Lancialulu View Post
    Just to confirm if you have metalastic bushes these all need to be done up tight with the car at normal road height. The rubber bush flexes about its mid point. If done up in Droop the bush will tear.

    Same applies to nylotron leter bushes so the steel inner is nipped and does not rotate.

    So not loose!!!!
    That's what I was trying to say earlier Tim, but maybe not making a good job of it?

    It applies especially to the metalastic type bushes.

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    Re: Front Suspension Query

    I didn't expect to gather as much interest... Many thanks for all the comments.

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