you should have installed the bushings after having greased them with the
appropriate rubber lube. This stops the rubber from friction sticking to the
metal.
Paul Tegler
1973 MGBGT OB (Blase Red, (orange))
1972 MGBGT YB (Primrose Yellow)
wizardz@amdyne.net
http://www.amdyne.net/~ptegler/mgmain.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: WSpohn4@aol.com <WSpohn4@aol.com>
To: doddk@mossmotors.com <doddk@mossmotors.com>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, December 31, 1998 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: Lowering.
>In a message dated 12/31/98 11:12:47 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>doddk@mossmotors.com writes:
>
><< I am not yet sold on the V8 bushings. I have them in a 68BGT and
> they squeek. I prefer the black poly bushes as they do not require
perfect
> mounting surfaces, and seem to be a bit quieter. >>
>
>I use Delrin on my race car, that I machined up years ago, and they neither
>squeak (not that you could hear it if they did) nor wear out.
>
>No offence to Moss, Kelvin, but the factory rubber bushes would last for
>years, they just were overly compliant. The rubber bushes sold now are
>basically crap (no, come on Bill, say what you mean...) and self destruct
>within a ridiculously short time. The V8 bushes thus seem an even more
readily
>available and attractive alternative, though I hadn't heard of them
squeaking.
>
>Bill
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