Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Hi ppls,

Just a little heads up.

I've been hunting around for front end bushes and stumbled upon Nolathanes Front End Vehicle Enhancement Bush kit for the R32's.

The best price I have tracked down is $345 + Postage. I am waiting for them to be delivered via TNT Road express as I type, tomorrow I'm off to grab myself a cheap $150 12tonne press. I've always wanted a hydraulic press. :)

Back on topic... The kit I have coming to me is to suit the R32 GTST.

It contains:

Front Adjustable Upper Control Arm Bushes

Front Lower Control Arm Bushes

Front Adjustable Caster Rod Bushes

and.... When you fill out a form within the package Nolathane send you front end sway bar bushes.

Its almost too good to be true for $345 + postage (~$18). I've seen them go elsewhere for $400 and some places $500 for the same kit!

PM me if you want to know where I got mine from; however, until I receive mine there's no guarantee's. :)

I've attached a couple pics of the kit and whats in it. Note the blue marks.

Nolathane also do a bush kit to suit the R32 GTR and R33 GTST.

I'll report back once the bushes are in to let you lot all know if NVH increases as Nolathane bushes some years ago 'used' to be quite hard *from experience in a previous car*.

Nolathane do however claim

Nolathane is no longer hard and is now designed for normal street use as opposed to harder motor sport suspension settings

These changes allow Nolathane parts to provide performance enhancement without compromising noise, vibration or harshness (N.V.H.).

post-382-1168254515.jpg

post-382-1168254521.jpg

Did you re grease them every so often as you are supposed to? They look dry.

Torqued up correctly? Not just a yep that feels tight enough?

Just trying to get an idea of how/why they failed. Maybe 4yrs with the type of driving and amount of kays is about right????? I have NFI when it comes to bushes. :)

I used to have my VS Commo 5ltr 5speed bushes greased every 20-30k otherwise the slight squeek would jack me off. They were whiteline bushes but. There was one squeek turning in to my street as it went over a slight dip as I was turning at low speed that I couldn't get rid of. Then it went and ripped the sway bar riser out of the strut so in went whitelines riser to lower control arm kit that really firmed up the car nicely.

Can't wait!!! :(

------

Regarding the installation of bushes.

INSTALLATION PROCEDURES

* All suspension parts must be clean and free of paint, rust, grease and previous rubber deposits before fitting Nolathane components.

* Mounting pins, eyes and shoulders must offer no pitting, bending or distortion prior to fitting Nolathane components. where suspension parts show signs of deterioration or damage, they must be either replaced or repaired to manufacturer's specifications.

* Use lubricant supplied in kit. Grease all bush surfaces which are designed to pivot (i.e. internal bores and flange faces) . Do not grease outside surface of shackle bushes. Additional grease is available. Part number CVG10 (10 X 100g sachets)

* After Nolathane components have been fitted, vehicle must be at normal ride height (i.e. sitting on wheels unladen) BEFORE final tightening/torquing of location bolts, nuts and shackles is carried out.

* Before installing in vehicle, crush must be checked. Nolathane bushes have been designed to suit standard applications. Should vehicle be equipped with aftermarket suspension packages, size of bush must be checked for correct crush and outside diameter. All flanged bushes must offer 0.5-1 mm crush on each shoulder.

Can't wait!!! :(

------

Regarding the installation of bushes.

INSTALLATION PROCEDURES

* All suspension parts must be clean and free of paint, rust, grease and previous rubber deposits before fitting Nolathane components.

* Mounting pins, eyes and shoulders must offer no pitting, bending or distortion prior to fitting Nolathane components. where suspension parts show signs of deterioration or damage, they must be either replaced or repaired to manufacturer's specifications.

* Use lubricant supplied in kit. Grease all bush surfaces which are designed to pivot (i.e. internal bores and flange faces) . Do not grease outside surface of shackle bushes. Additional grease is available. Part number CVG10 (10 X 100g sachets)

* After Nolathane components have been fitted, vehicle must be at normal ride height (i.e. sitting on wheels unladen) BEFORE final tightening/torquing of location bolts, nuts and shackles is carried out.

* Before installing in vehicle, crush must be checked. Nolathane bushes have been designed to suit standard applications. Should vehicle be equipped with aftermarket suspension packages, size of bush must be checked for correct crush and outside diameter. All flanged bushes must offer 0.5-1 mm crush on each shoulder.

Hope you have a cool temp with the castor bushes. if they aren't already broken the bushes are silica filled and oftern require an oxy to heat them up and burn them to get them out. When i do them at work i do them hanging up against a wall coz sometime they explode and hot silica hurts on the skin.

I have heard the caster bushes are a pain the arse to remove.

Both of mine started leaking around a year or so ago and have finally stopped leaking but make loud clunking noises. :S

So they are well and truly stuffed.

So given mine have already broken I should be ok yes?

Have you ever tried a hole saw on the end of a drill to help break them?

Have you ever tried a hole saw on the end of a drill to help break them?

Thats how I done mine on my 33,

Once I cut the centre out, the outer pressed out very easy.

Edited by woolls

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Seat of the pants assessment of the new intake: The car is way less "doughy" when hitting the loud pedal, especially off idle when stopped or in traffic, I did use a cheapo lazer thermal thingo to measure the temp around where the pod filter got its air, it was between 55 - 60°C, in saying this the car was shut off and not moving, so the OEM intake pipe was not supplying any fresh air to where the pod was when the car was at least moving A weird bonus was induction noise on the throttle in the cabin increased a bit,  I was worried that I was actually going to lose some of that induction noise I love so much, outside though, when I got the daughter to do a WOT drive by pass for me, the induction noise has increased alot when on the throttle, not quite ITB doort, but well up there I'm extremely happy with the results and have been exploring the country roads in the region  As for house mods: 1.New front fence is up and is awesome, it really upgraded how the joint looks from the street, and the added security is nice 2. Electricians have replace some interior lights, and with more lighting in the garage, a few new motion detecting lights out the front above the garage, front room, and at the front door, which I have already found heaps helpful coming and going, also now has fancy pants CCTV all round the house The only hold point for power though is the solar and batteries due to supply issues, although this will happen over the next few weeks 3. I have done a heap of landscaping out the front and I'm almost ready to do a new small retaining wall with some nice blocks to replace the brick and cemented in rocks around the raised garden beds cemented in river stone "was the fashion at the time" the house was built. I currently have a pallet of retaining wall blocks and 2 bulka bags of 20mm blue metal to replace the wood chip that is in the raised garden beds around the house 4. I now have 3 big raised garden beds for out the back to grow some vegetables, about 70cm high, 200cm long and 100cm wide 5. My 2 compost bins are already pretty full with brown, green and kitchen waste from the landscaping I'vedone so far, but they will probably take a few months to break down, so anything else that gets chopped, trimmed, and kitchen waste will just start filling the base of the raised garden beds to about 30cm before I start throwing 40cm of good compost, and stuff, for the vegetables to grow in, I'll need a few ton of compost and soil, but the local supplier can sent me bulka bags of the stuff Basically the logs, wood chips and a few strategically placed rocks for drainage, will give the beds some good organic materials down low to break down over time, and they will hold moisture during the warmer months to save the water in my big arse water tank if we don't get alot of rain So, all in all, the car and house mods are going well, and I'm really enjoying being retired, I sleep in too 0700 and slowly plod around inside until I feel like actually doing anything, and only work in the yard for as long as want, which has actually been alot over the last few weeks,  although when you look at it, it seems that not a huge amount of work has been done,  until I look at the before I started the work pics Happy days and good times indeed 
    • hahaha yeah. Plan is to get side skirts and probably just rear pods. But going to do them one-by-one. I've got a set that I really like from RHDJapen, but that one isn't shipped to AU. So need to find someone who can get it for me
    • Here's an idea, answer the questions I asked you as they are trying to work out WHY the LSD will be binding up in a straight line.
    • You haven't driven many modern cars then have you? Most of them have sfa steering feel with their stupid electric bullshit steering systems.
×
×
  • Create New...