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Cubes Grand Master

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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.).

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Cubes Grand Master

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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.

Cubes Grand Master

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Can't wait!!! :(

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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.

jazzantt1 Apprentice

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Can't wait!!! :(

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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.

Cubes Grand Master

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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?

woolls Experienced

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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.

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