procomp bushes

[jaky cakes]

Anybody had bother with explorer uk?
I ordered a full set of es9000 last week which arrived within 24hrs - great.
but the bottom bushes supplied for the front shocks are too small- 12mm ID - I need 14mm ID.
I rang them and emailed them describing the problem - and they were apologetic and said they would send the correct bushes.
two days later they send out one bush without the steel sleeves.
another phone call and another day later (another day with surf off the road) I receive two 14mm ID steel sleeves.
I have rang and emailed again and I'm still waiting for the bushes.
I'm going to loose my cool very shortly
I wonder is it possible to bore out the original undersize bush to accept the 14mm Sleeve - I've never tried to machine rubber before - may be possible to freeze it to make it hard first before machining???
any help or advice greatly appreciated - i'm surflesssss!!

[surfenstein]

hahaha.now thats funny,ive just fitted my es9000s to the rear of my truck and had the same prob,so i just smeared the bush with a little washing up liquid and pushed it on (with a little help from a soft faced hammer.) and vince no funny comments please.i know your dying to make one.

[jaky cakes]

aye - been there - my rear shock bushes were a tad tight, but the front ones are 2mm undersize, and no amount of lube will allow me to squeeze it into such a small hole. fnurr fnurr

[stormforce]

the front ones are 2mm undersize, and no amount of lube will allow me to squeeze it into such a small hole. fnurr fnurr

you need to practice more....

[joker??]

OH NO!!! im waiting for some procomp shocks es 9000 from explorer uk
24 hrs ?? aint getting mine till next week ordered them 8/10 /06
i can see this is going to end up a farce

[jaky cakes]

OH NO!!! im waiting for some procomp shocks es 9000 from explorer uk
24 hrs ?? aint getting mine till next week ordered them 8/10 /06
i can see this is going to end up a farce

I'd ring them to make sure you are getting the correct size front bush!!

[joker??]

I'd ring them to make sure you are getting the correct size front bush!!

is it 14mm id i need then ??? cheers

[Slugsie]

My ES3000s came with the right bush for the fronts already on, but the rears came with a second bush in a little plastic bag along with a bunch of metal sleeves. I was quite surprised that the fronts didn't come with a similar bag of bits.

You may be able to use the bushes out of the old shocks?

[marky]

Dont try your old bushes as they wont fit properly! I had the same problem & had to go back 3 times, Luckily they're not too far from me.

[Wild Thing]

is it 14mm id i need then ??? cheers

Sounds like we may have some fun fitting them then, but don't worry we'll fit them even if its with a BIG hammer lol

[joker??]

Sounds like we may have some fun fitting them then, but don't worry we'll fit them even if its with a BIG hammer lol

lol that dont sound like fun to me gary getting val to phone them tomorrow , although big hammers are fun best bring me 28 pounder to help

[jaky cakes]

is it 14mm id i need then ??? cheers

Yes - the mounting bolt is 14mm dia. - if you're changing yours soon - i'd get out there now and soak all associated nuts and bolts with wd40 and again whenever your can.

[marky]

TONYN may confirm this but they were having trouble Stateside a while back

[jaky cakes]

Dont try your old bushes as they wont fit properly! I had the same problem & had to go back 3 times, Luckily they're not too far from me.

Doh - too late. already found that out the hard way!!!

[Wild Thing]

lol that dont sound like fun to me gary getting val to phone them tomorrow , although big hammers are fun best bring me 28 pounder to help

There's always my kango hammer lmao