rear wishbone bushings
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 11:44 pm
Hello, all
Newbie here and I will be replacing the rear inner and outer bushings on my 1968 Plus 2 with polyurethane from SJ. Both replacement bushings look like a top hat; can someone more knowledgeable than I (which likely includes just about everyone on this forum) tell me which direction the “brim” or flange side of the bushing faces, IOW, does the bushing flange face to the outside of both inner and outer locations, or from the inside of the wishbones (head-to-head)? I asked a friend, a retired Jag and Mercedes mechanic, and he told me that sometimes it does matter, but couldn’t provide guidance regarding a Plus 2. At the looks of things I think I think it may not matter (and it may not even be possible to install the outer bushings head-to-head) and it seems easiest to install the bushing flange from outside the wishbone, but thought I’d ask before I screw things up.
BTW, the SJ bushings are single piece, not the two-piece top hats, as some have written in the technical questions forum.
Thanks in advance,
Steve Rineer
Lititz, PA
Newbie here and I will be replacing the rear inner and outer bushings on my 1968 Plus 2 with polyurethane from SJ. Both replacement bushings look like a top hat; can someone more knowledgeable than I (which likely includes just about everyone on this forum) tell me which direction the “brim” or flange side of the bushing faces, IOW, does the bushing flange face to the outside of both inner and outer locations, or from the inside of the wishbones (head-to-head)? I asked a friend, a retired Jag and Mercedes mechanic, and he told me that sometimes it does matter, but couldn’t provide guidance regarding a Plus 2. At the looks of things I think I think it may not matter (and it may not even be possible to install the outer bushings head-to-head) and it seems easiest to install the bushing flange from outside the wishbone, but thought I’d ask before I screw things up.
BTW, the SJ bushings are single piece, not the two-piece top hats, as some have written in the technical questions forum.
Thanks in advance,
Steve Rineer
Lititz, PA