Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott wrote:
>
> No flames intended but it's time for my two bob's worth again. I've been
> competing and daily driving in Sprites for more than twenty years and used
> to use nylon bushes but have reverted to the standard metalastic type. In
> my experience nylon gives sharper feel but also makes the car less
> directionally stable and wears out the bearing surface in the wishbone
> which was not designed to be a bearing surface. Sprite wishbones (and
> trunnions) were designed so the bush 'stuck' to the wishbone and the
> suspension deflection was taken up in the twist of the bush. For this
> reason rubber grease shouldn't be used in assembly, if anything a smear of
> dishwashing liquid can be used. All the bushes in a Sprite front end
> should also have crush tubes on the inner bores.
>
> Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott
> Melbourne Australia
> toobmany@bigpond.com
I agree totally.
I also tried Urethane (plastic, nylon, whatever you want to call them)
bushings.
The ride was hard, the handling was twitchy, but those colors were cool!
I reverted back to stock metalastic (rubber to us US guys)and I have my
Sprite back the way it is supposed to be.
I also have been driving a Sprite for 27 years.
Plastic bushings would be great on the track but not on the road. (my
opinion)
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Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
Bugeye Sprite
67 Sprite
59 A40
http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/
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