Keith
Sounds good to me - I have a similar set up ready to use on my TR2
(including the Spax adjustables) , I used copper anti sieze on my TR4,
but with Nylatron bushings. The blue springs + anti roll bar on the 4
work very well and I am going to use the same set up the same on the 2.
One question however - with the Polyurathane bushes, you get a large lip at
each end. How did you get them in to the bearings? Did you have to heat
them or will they just push in by using the jaws of a vice (or something
similar) ?
Cheers
Brian Johnson
Internet bjohnson@mmm.com
1963 TR4 AFP503A / IZS 733 - CT27216-L (now not L) ex USA - on the
road since 1993
1954 TR2 46 BHX TS554-O in lots of pieces
Why are so many Triumph owners called Brian ?
kehrlich@dyax.com (Keith S. Ehrlich) on 11/11/98 15:28:01
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Subject: lubricating poly bushings
>Bud wrote:
> I used (at the retailer's suggestion) blue Marine grease on some poly
> bushings I put in another vehicle. Comes in a tube and is what you're
> supposed to use on the wheel bearings on a boat trailer. The Marine
> grease is supposed to hold up better to being submerged in water
> (don't try this with your car). Don't know if it's really any
> different from regular grease but my bushings squeaked when I didn't
> do it and have been perfectly quiet since I used the blue Marine
> grease on them (going on four years). I'm going to do it to the
> squeaky poly bushings (you put it where the bushing contacts any other
> surface) on my TR6 this winter since the PO apparently didn't.
>
> Bud 71TR6 CC57365
British Parts Northwest, from whom I purchased my poly bushings,
recommended I use generous quantities of anti-seize as pre-lubrication
for the poly bushings. 1,000 miles so far and no squeaks at all. Rides
great with blue Moss upgraded springs and Spax shocks.
Keith Ehrlich
74 TR6 rattles, clicks, grunts, groans, but no squeaks ( both of us)
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