steering mount bushes

[Chillitt]

to be fair... when you are selling stuff, and you are asked for something you dont sell, if you are asked again, it can be a tad annoying. i work in a shop that we bought 9 years ago and every day i get 'but you used to sell them, are you sure?' IT WAS 9 SODDIN YEARS AGO!!!!! sorry i feel better now...

[andy]

Hehe, nice polite reply then!

Yes I definitely want to go ahead. There's plenty of play in the bushes at the moment and I also want to get the front end aligned again, but don't want to do it without having new bushes first. If you let me know how much it'll cost I can send you a cheque upfront if you like.
Cheers
Rob

Rob

I have ordered 2 of the rack mounting kits, and they will be mailed out to us next wednesday, they only ship out to other countries once a week.

If you could pm your phone number I will let you know how much you need to send me, although that will not be until next week, so no rush.

[Rob]

Finally got round to fitting the bushes last Sunday! They made a huge improvement and it took me a day or two to get used to the new handling. I was so used to compensating for sloppy steering. Now i just need to get the rest of the front end aligned after I knocked it out at Langdale.

Fitting wasn't too bad, its a fairly simple job. The fact that the anti-roll bar stops the rack from being pulled back enough is a pain, but I managed it in the end without removing the bar. Once the new bushes were in, getting the mounting bolts back in was a complete arse. As there was virtually no give in the bushes it made getting everything to line up quite difficult. Some large steel bars and a lot of levering helped though

No point in me doing a write-up as my install went exactly the same as in the link posted above, apart from he had a diff drop installed. And yes, I did have to drill out one of the sleeves as it was ever so slightly too small.


Andy, have you done yours yet?

[Mike66]

Rob how much did it cost you in total ???

Im thinking i need to do mine.

cheers
mike

[Rob]

Hi Mike. You don't have to worry about these bushes cos you don't have a steering rack
1st and 2nd gens use a different steering setup than the 3rd gens.

The cost to me was £13 - Andy ordered two sets from the US.

Cheers, Rob