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identifying a suspension bush on an Avon
andrew-theasby - 5/3/11 at 09:44 AM

I have an early Avon chassis which has the rubber type suspension bushes, but there is no mention in the Jim Dudley book what they are from. There not the triumph/locost ones as they are bigger and have a metal sleeve around the rubber. Dimensions are 26.5mm dia. 35mm wide and have a 1/2" bolt hole. Any suggestions or tables i might be able to look it up on? Thanks

austin man - 5/3/11 at 01:05 PM

did the early avon utilise some sierra components ??

fazerruss - 5/3/11 at 03:53 PM

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Originally posted by austin man
did the early avon utilise some sierra components ??


If built following the jim full of crap book then no. I would be interested to know myself what they are cos from tiger they cost a fortune.
I ended up manufacturing my own. As yet untested but they can be no worse than the dolomite bushes.

andrew-theasby - 5/3/11 at 03:55 PM

Not in the way robin hood do, but maybe? Its proper double wishbone and IRS just like MK's etc with cortina uprights

Minicooper - 5/3/11 at 05:05 PM

I have 12 of these metalastic bushes with 10 1/2" HT matching bolts and nylock nuts to suit the avon supplied by tiger racing, somewhere I may have the other 2 missing nut and bolts. I didn't find out what they were from at the time either.
I paid a lot for these by memory, they have picked up slight oxidation of some part of the zinc plating, not rust but are new and unused, if your interested make a decent offer, if your not fine

Why I bought 12 I don't know, not enough to do a full car and too many for just the front end!

Cheers
David