Tie bar bush fitting recommendations

[minimax]

Hi chap/esses I have decided to fit poly bushes to my tie bars as the old rubber ones are buglered. I can see how to do it, dead easy, but question is, do I have to jack the car or is it better to leave the wheel on the ground, and will something happen to the hub (spring out of place or drop, for example) or will it just stay there so I can unbolt it and fit the bushes - thanks people!

[vrooom]

Jack up the tie bar mount. push the tiebar / hub toward to body. hard. best to remove the wheel off first. make sure the tiebar are same length as standard tiebar on both sides as long they arent bent.

pop the bushes in, then put it back. tighten up. put everything back on, and possible drive up to garage that do castor tracking. or not.

hope that help you.

jay

[Cooperman1]

The only problem with these hard tie-rod bushes is that is if you go over a really big bump the tie-rod attachment ears can bend slightly as the new bushes lack the compliance of rubber ones. One good solution is to weld in a triangular plate, 1/8" thick, to each tie-rod ear/subframe.
I have this on my cars and have never bent an 'ear' since.
In fact I gave up on the plastic bushes for fear of breaking something else and I change the rubber bushes after every 3 rallies.
One problem you can have is getting the bolt out of the end of the tie-rod where it bolts to the lower arm.
If the bolt is in 'downwards' you may have to pull the driveshaft and CV joint to remove the bolt, or push the bolt out a bit and cut the head off. Of course, you can put it back in upwards, but if you do this make sure you ALWAYS use a new 'nyloc' nut.

[WildfireS3]

Had a look at the car and the bushes. They are deflex bushes and quite compliant, so should be fine. No danger of the end snapping off.

[minimax]

I'm going to change the other one in a minute

edit: thanks for the help chaps! the PH massif comes through again!

>> Edited by minimax on Monday 17th May 12:01