Rear wishbone bushes - and Radiator mod!
Rear wishbone bushes - and Radiator mod!
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brdee

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3,206 posts

250 months

Thursday 11th May 2006
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I am about to fit the rear wishbones to my gtr, and then got to thinking?
I have ordered the uprated bushes from the factory, but I have no idea if that is what they are?
Red with a steel insert all round....

....and I happened to be reading CJ's account of his build and spotted his mention of the rear bushes...
Top red and bottom harder plastic and black!

Does that mean....The Can-am has different bushes? or they are not the uprated ones...or I have not got the uprated ones?

Can anyone help?

cheers

BTW - I have introduced a small mod in the radiator area after reading all the problems of others regarding overheating.....it may help a little...
I purchased some ally exterior door threashold strips from B&Q (wonderful resource for car builders that they are!)and framed the front area of the rad with it, thus eliminating the possibility of forcing air between the bottom and sides of the rad. The profile of the all strip is such that it is gently curved up (or in - for the sides)thus rolling the air directly to the core. Well- thats the theory! I can provide pics if anyone is interested!

gtr-gaz

5,281 posts

275 months

Thursday 11th May 2006
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You have the latest hardest wearing bushes all right

The grey/black ones were the best until the red with steel inserts came along.

rkmills

13 posts

249 months

Thursday 11th May 2006
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i have 98 sports.
i do little mileage approx 1000 year at most.
this year had to replace all inner rear bushes (lower only ) for MOT due to play not there previous year.
replaced with factory upgraded.
feels alot tighter now strange only inner wear ?

NDS

83 posts

255 months

Friday 12th May 2006
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I found the rear bushes lasted 10K miles on my Sport . I replaced them with Super Flex bushes. The part no SPF2043-95.

Super Flex sent the items by return post the service was excellent.

shithotfast

1,134 posts

297 months

Monday 15th May 2006
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The rear inners do go... what ever the colour (I think I have so far seen/used orange, grey, red) but the inners WILL need replacing every 500-1000 miles. Suggest you replace all rear ones each winter, front end never needs changing at all (so far - 20,000 miles)