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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - Poly ARB Bushes

Slowly working through the car, replacing the recycled flip-flop rubber bushes with polyurethane.

The rubber anti-roll bar bushes had a split in them so that you could fit them over the bar. The poly do not, they are solid. Do I have to cut them to get them in place or am I missing something? I can't see how they will ever fit over the end of the bar.

Thanks everyone.

Malc.


Malcolm Le Chevalier

My blue polybushes have the slit in them for fitting over the bar.
GuyW

mine also have a split in them. Though they were quite tough and stuck together along the cut line
Rob Armstrong

Just been mooching on Moss. It seems some do, some don't, some at the bottom, some at the side.

https://www.moss-europe.co.uk/shop-by-model/mg/midget/performance-tuning/steering-suspension/front-anti-roll-bar-bushes-mountings.html

Slit it is. It's the only way I am going to get them assembled!

Malcolm Le Chevalier

Won't they slide on from the end of the bar with a bit of lubricant to help?
GuyW

No, I tried. The flat section at the end is too wide and the bushes too stiff.

I sliced them with a Stanley knife where the old rubber bushes were split (the bottom).

Is there a way to make sure it is centred? I was going to drive it tomorrow to get it to settle in before putting the lateral end stops on.
Malcolm Le Chevalier

You can usually judge the centering pretty accurately by comparing the angle of the two drop links.
GuyW

drive it without the end stops on for a bit, not too hard, that'll centre it.
Rob Armstrong

What Rob said. We went through the exact same scenario with my mates TR6.
Greybeard

Top banana. Thanks folks.
Malcolm Le Chevalier

This thread was discussed on 27/08/2018

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