I have the polyurethane bushings on the front of my B. I have the A-arm
bushes and the trunnion bushes.
I was not at all surprised to find out that they were not that different
from the old, cracked rubber bushes they replaced. Hell, $10 in parts
is not going to make your B handle like a Lotus. For that matter, nor
will $550 in Spax Shocks.
Just my humble opinion, YMMV.
Thomas James Pokrefke, III
1970 MGB
pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu
http://ocean.st.usm.edu/~pokrefke
At [Fri, 16 May 1997 17:59:46 EDT]
dmeadow@juno.com wrote:
> And I sent a set back, based upon this advice. The polyurethane ones I
> received from Moss were *very* stiff, so the comments others were making
> about them being too harsh made sense to me at the time. However, I have
> no personal experience with them installed in a car. Given the response
> I got to my query, the MGB V8 sounded like a better way to go, so that's
> what I put in my TD.
>
> I've never seen a "nylatron" bushing (or anything else), so I don't know
> what that would look like.
>
> Anyone else out there want to elaborate?
>
> David Littlefield
> Houston, TX
>
> On Wed, 14 May 1997 19:18:17 +0000 Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
> writes:
> >dmeadow@juno.com wrote:
> >>
> >> I would avoid the polyurethane bushing unless you intend to race the
> >car.
> >> A previous thread on this topic indicated that the ride would be
> >too
> >> harsh for street use.
> >
> >MGOC sells 'Urethane' bush sets and describes them thus:-
> >
> >"... improvements to handling are achieved without the increased
> >maintenance,
> >noise and vibration associated with nylatron bushes."
> >
> >Did you realy mean to say polyurethane? I hope not, I have just
> >ordered a set.
> >
> >PaulH.
> >
> >
> >
>
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