UncleFista
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| posted on 17/11/07 at 10:54 PM |
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Nitron GTS coilover bushes
There's been a few posts in the past about replacement bushes for GTS/Nitron shocks. The original rubber bushes are weak, and it's not long
before they start to fail.
Ideally there'd be somewhere that sold replacement poly bushes to fit, but after lots of searching and a number of totally ignored emails to bush
suppliers, we had no luck finding any of the correct size.
What we need is something along the lines of this
 
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The closest we could find was from Superflex, the internal
and external diameters are correct, they're just too long.
 
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So, armed with 8 new bushes, a drill press, and a stanley knife, we stuck a piece of dowel in the chuck and used the knife to slice the bushes to the
correct length.
 
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Ending up with
 
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When fitted they look like this
 
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And hey presto, a full set fitted and ready for the MOT 
 
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Now I know someone will be along now to say I could've bought a full set of the correct size for half of sod-all from somewhere, but this was our
solution, and only cost 30-odd quid
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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zilspeed
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| posted on 17/11/07 at 11:23 PM |
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Locost 
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UncleFista
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| posted on 18/11/07 at 10:38 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by zilspeed
Locost
Why thank you Zil (I'm claiming that as a compliment)
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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zilspeed
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| posted on 18/11/07 at 01:13 PM |
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That was entirely my intention
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