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Post by kerryminigringo »

The old bushes that I removed had a metal sleeve through them where as the new ones are just plastic,is there any difference or should the new ones have had a sleeve.

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Post by Merlin »

Well tbh KMG the ones I got for Merlin was the same but I measured the old steel ones and they where well with in the tolerances so I used them I reckoned the plastic ting-me-bobs (the technical name) where just to keep the bush in shape.
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Post by woody »

Do you mean the entire new bush is plastic or the new sleve is plastic in rubber.
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Post by kerryminigringo »

the entire bushing is plastic.

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Post by Merlin »

Uhh that’s different is it possible you have one of the performance bushes (poly urethane).
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Post by woody »

Thats what I was thinking
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Post by Merlin »

i cant rember woody do they ha a steel bush incert?
if not how do you get the bolt tight sure it would just keep crushing?? :?
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Post by Ciaran »

I just got Poly bushes for my lower arms and they had metal inserts. Id imagine what Merlin said about them being crushed otherwise to be true.
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