From: palte @ rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte) @ USDESMTP
Date: 07/22/96 05:54:30 PM
Subject: Re: a-arm bushings
<Today July 22nd, G.C. wrote:
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<>The bushings are not hard replace.
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<> Put some wheel bearing grease around the new bushes
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<Are you serious?
<Doesn't that deteriorate rubber parts?
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<I use the white soap-like stuff that tyre outlets use to assemble tyres to
<rims.
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<Bert
My concern with greasing the rubber bushes is that it
might encourage the bushes to rotate like a bearing.
The whole idea of rubber bushes is that they flex instead
of rotate, thus they don't wear down. Am I wrong?
Bob Donahue, Still Stuck in the '50s
53 MG-TD, under DIY restoration
71 MGB, still in shop
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