Re: front suspension seals: unexpected failure problem

[Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>]

At 10:20 PM 11/20/99 -0500, Tony Gordon wrote:
Tony, I got a kick out of Peter's statement:

>
> It may seem that suspension bushings should last regardless
>since they are not in the normal lubrication stream

On a Spitfire, the right control arm's rear bushing is directly in line
with the drippings from the carburetter.

I've seen those fail on many Spitfires...    <g>


Been there,

Atwell Haines,
'79 Spitfire
Succasunna, NJ USA

(Yeah, I know that's not what he meant)