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Need to know before 3:30 today so I can drop them off to be pressed into the arms tommorow so I can install for the weekend.

Can anyone tell me if these are the right bushes? They are clearly different sized, however Noltec assures me they are right.

The crush tubes are the right length. So I guess it doesn't matter?

There are 2 different sized bushes, 3 of 1, 1 of the other (per arm) It has instructions for installation, so that isn't the drama. I just can't see how they are the right ones.

http://home.kooee.com.au/exup250/bushes.jpg

Part number N51219 Upper control arm bushes, r32 gtst

Ignore the floppy disk, that is just to hold the bush up so you could see the difference in size

Cheers

Chris

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I know its after 3.30 but they are the correct bushes for a 32 I have fitted them to mine. The bushes stick out of the control arm a fair way, make sure when you press them in that the bushes are hard against each other from either side, the crush tube is slightly shorter than the 2 bushes so it is set in a mm or 2 each side.

Sorry I didnt take pics but I did have to return mine to the press since I hadn't pushed them in far enough and the assembly was too wide :D Was fine once I pressed them enough. Make sure you put the different bush in the right place too

oh and the bush only pushes as far as the machined part of the brass. Once they are tight each end of the brass tubes are hard up against each other inside the control arm, take the crush tube out and there should be no gap between the 2 bushes

and when you put them in, MAKE SURE YOU DO UP THE BOLTS!!!!

I had a very bad clunk coming from my brand new suspension for a few days, put it up on a hoist and found that the friggin dodgey workshop who fitted all my brande new suspension hadn't done up the Upper - Inner control arm bolt, so the nut had fallen off and the bolt had half slid out, so it was only held to the body by half a bolt.. front right suspension was just waving in the wind virtually! It was actually hitting the springs, and took all the paint off the springs etc. Last time i ever use that place... EVER

thanks guys,

I took them to a shop and he seemed to think they were the right ones, so I have him putting them in today.

Duncan, are you saying the crush tube should stick out further than the bushes, or that the bushes stick out further than the crush tube?

Cheers

Chris

yeah the crush tube is a mm or 2 shorter than the bushes, so the bushes stick out slightly compared to the crush tube.

Azzurra it must have been a miracle to almost lose that bolt it is an absolute bastard to get in lol

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