Damn ... now I have to pull my engine out again to paint the bushes.
On 3/10/2017 3:56 PM, Bruce Steele wrote:
>
> That?s because the white nylon bushes got painted cadmium with the
> rest of the mounts. It clearly looked like Eric had spread the mounts
> to insert the bushings, then re-crimped them to hold them tightly in
> place.
>
> Bruce Steele
>
> Brea, CA
>
> 1960 BN7
>
> *From:*Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of
> *Bob Spidell
> *Sent:* Friday, March 10, 2017 7:19 AM
> *Cc:* Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Throttle Bushes
>
> ... and another on the gas pedal shaft--4 total--although that one
> doesn't suffer as much abuse (that was the 'under the dash' part).
> Can't speak to your car, Bruce; the instructions show these are
> suitable for BN7s. Maybe prior to BJ8s they used something different
> (can't imagine cork would hold up long at all). Mine were
> rubber/bronze bushings in a metal cup; the nylon/teflon ones still go
> inside the metal cup. Looking at Bruce's photo, you can see the ends
> of the cup protruding from either side of the brackets, although I
> don't see any of the white nylon bushes.
>
> Every time I think I've done every possible job on a Healey it proves
> me wrong.
>
> Bob
>
> ps. Of course, it's Eric GruNden, not Gruden. Guess I still had a
> little football in my head.
>
> On 3/10/2017 6:07 AM, Tim Davis BN7 wrote:
>
> I don't follow this. Mine were cork in a metal cup not
> rubber/bronze. If the engine is out these need to be replaced, two
> on the cross shaft and one where the pedal shaft enters the engine
> bay.
>
> Nice photo.... looks just like my car
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From: *"Bruce Steele" <healeybruce at roadrunner.com>
> *Cc: *"Healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Sent: *Thursday, March 9, 2017 8:37:11 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [Healeys] Throttle Bushes
>
> I was going to replace the bushes on my throttle shaft, but saw
> what Eric had done back in, well, who knows when, and they looked
> great. So I just stripped and painted the shaft.
>
> Bruce Steele
>
> Brea, CA
>
> 1960 BN7
>
> *From:*Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf
> Of *i erbs
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 09, 2017 9:50 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Throttle Bushes
>
> Good catch. They tend to get munged when folks install or remove
> their engines, if not as stated heat and time.
>
> I built a cable throttle set up to bypass the Rube Goldberg set
> up. I have promised a wrote up to John Sims for quite some time to
> add to his wonderful site. I have been slowly working on it and
> will soon I hope get it to him.
>
>
> Ira Erbs
>
> Portland,OR
>
> _______ _______
> (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
> (_________________________)
>
> BT7 engine and disk brakes
>
> A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti
>
> Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words
>
> On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 8:31 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net
>
> Cross-posting from BCF:
>
> While getting ready to drop the rebuilt engine into my BJ8, I
> noticed the 'throttle relay shaft'--yeah, the one under the
> scuttle, all but impossible to get to with the engine
> installed--was bent. 'Crap,' I thought, 'one more job to do
> before I can get the engine in.' It turns out this was
> serendipitous--first time this word's been used on the
> List?--because as I inspected the shaft, I noticed that one of
> the two brackets was also bent, and further inspection
> revealed that the bush on the driver's side was way sloppy
> (actually, pretty much gone). A quick check of the Moss
> catalog showed 'N/A' for all the parts--I'm screwed, I
> thought. Then, I remembered I'd bought a replacement
> set--supposedly made of teflon, but they say 'nylon' on the
> bag--but had given up on installing them because the
> instructions showed 'through BN7 and BT7' (BJ7/8s need not
> apply). I called BCS to see what they had, and John, their
> parts guy said they'd work on BJ8s. So, I did some digging
> and, although the photo of the instructions and applications
> on Moss' web page showed 'though BN7 and BT7,' if you download
> the instructions--5 pages!--they've been revised to show they
> work on the 'J' cars.
>
> Anyway, if anyone has the engine out of one of the later 6-cyl
> cars I recommend you check these brackets and bushings. They
> are bronze bonded to rubber and, although my car has nearly
> 200K miles, I suspect the life of these is determined as
> much/more in years as in miles, as the rubber gets baked by
> engine heat. The rubber on my driver's side bush was
> completely dry, caked and brittle, and could conceivably have
> resulted in a stuck throttle. The instructions are
> intimidating--5 pages!--but, except for having to work under
> the dash, which I hate, the job was pretty straightforward. I
> managed to get the shaft reasonably straight, and the used
> bracket I got from BCS was in good shape (though, in
> hindsight, I probably could have straightened my bent one), so
> now my Rube Goldberg-designed throttle works smooth and with
> no slop.
>
> Thought I'd pass this along since I hadn't seen this issue
> discussed before. I'd long since replaced the rubber/bronze
> bush on the shaft on the engine, and should never have to
> worry about these again. Credit to to Eric Gruden who designed
> these bushes, and to Moss for going the extra mile to provide
> these, for a reasonable cost (about $13).
>
> Bob
>
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