splitrivet
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 02:17 PM |
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Whats this bush ?
Hey up chasps,on the cortina axle just above of and either side of the diff is a largeish metalastic bush,whats this for then ?
Cheers ,
Bob
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 02:20 PM |
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what a dissapointing thread.... Alanb's gonna feel let down too.....
atb
steve
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splitrivet
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 02:27 PM |
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Notice how you were the first to view it tho Steve 
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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Alan B
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 02:34 PM |
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But I'm not far behind......
Actually I can answer this one....
The bush is where the short (angled) trialing arms would fit in the original application......not needed now of course...
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britishtrident
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 02:36 PM |
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The void bush it was part of the standard 4 link axle location -- not exactly precise.
I change zillions of those back in the days of the Mk3+ Cortina --- standard Mot failure every year.
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splitrivet
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 02:44 PM |
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Cheers fellas
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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zilspeed
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 02:46 PM |
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Ye olde void bush.
Following a cortina was scarey because of these. The axle could move about three feet sideways over a lollipop stick left on the road
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Peteff
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 03:27 PM |
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Easiest way to get them out was to burn the buggers with the welding tackle.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 04:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Easiest way to get them out was to burn the buggers with the welding tackle.
Nah, bush puller and air gun. 20 seconds tops.
Themmz warz the dayz.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 05:06 PM |
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But on a locost cut the whole lot off, lose about a kilo in weight at same time...
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 06:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jon Ison
But on a locost cut the whole lot off, lose about a kilo in weight at same time...
Sorry, Jon, they have to stay, they paid my mortgage btween 1978 and 1985. A testamony to Ford consumerism
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Dale
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 07:01 PM |
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If they are like the fourlink bush holders on my tbird axle they work just fine as a place to attach the cherry picker to for moving them about
Dale
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britishtrident
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 09:55 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Easiest way to get them out was to burn the buggers with the welding tackle.
Very easy to knock out with cold chisel -- burning synthetic rubber bushes produces very nasty acid by products --- heating them enough to
de-bond is ok burning very dangerous.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 10:02 PM |
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Agree with BT, the most stubborn ones would get the rubber drilled, and a junior hacksaw through the outer sleeve, then a good belt with a sharp
punch.
majority would draw out with the ford puller
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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