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Postby Tom » Mon Apr 02, 2012 3:17 am

Thanks All. One more question – is there any use trying to soften the bush before installing? Does hot water help for example?

The material is quite hard compared to an 'old' style rubber bush.

BTW - the bush I've got is for my R25 so the current assumption is that it will fit as per a Fuego one.
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Postby mettersl » Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:57 am

The new plastic on mine looked like nylon, so I don't think it will soften until very close to its melting point, the caulking gun (special tool) that Dave used should allow it to be fitted anyway.
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Postby clee » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:04 am

Washing-up liquid .
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Postby JohnC » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:05 am

Smear it with silicone grease.... that should help it pop in. :wink:
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Postby Juzzblack » Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:58 am

PaulC1959 wrote:Is this the bush that caused all of the problems at the 2010 Le Mans Classic?


Yep, some smart alec has a picture of me I think, lying on my back in the dirt and sweltering heat trying to fit mine at the camp site on day one. I think it was that Mr Taylor if I'm not mistaken... :P :lol:

Good look fitting it btw, it was a bigger! That tool in the previous picture would have been very handy. I think I managed to prise it in using my wheel brace for leverage at the time.
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Postby PaulC1959 » Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:58 pm

mettersl wrote:Same bush at both ends but the one in the car doesn't get so hot so it seems to survive better, plis it's simple to replace, the one at the gearbox end of difficult to get at ESP on a 610 where the a/c pipes are in the way too.
I guess a GTA with a/c would be difficult too.
This seems to be the most common roadside issue with these cars, at Macon in 2009 we had two go in what 10 cars? I know of many others that have gone too...
If it hasn't been replaced everyone needs to inspect it. The new ones are made of a different material, harder, so harder to fit, but it should survive better.
Definitely a do it now job.
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Thanks fot that Lee, I must get my butt in gear and get a couple soon, Still on the plus side I have one of the special tools used for installation. :lol:
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Postby TONY LAW » Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:17 pm

There you go!

I think I have enough photos of roadside gearbox linkage repairs to make a calender.. Anyone interested?

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Postby BIG_MVS » Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:20 pm

TONY LAW wrote:There you go!

I think I have enough photos of roadside gearbox linkage repairs to make a calender.. Anyone interested?

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:lol: :lol: :lol: There's brotherly love for you :lol:

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Postby BIG_MVS » Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:22 pm

Hey Tony don't just stop at one picture post the rest up :wink:
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Postby PaulC1959 » Mon Apr 02, 2012 10:30 pm

TONY LAW wrote:There you go!

I think I have enough photos of roadside gearbox linkage repairs to make a calender.. Anyone interested?

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We could run a competition to go with the calendar, “Guess whose feet”. Doesn’t Jason look really hacked off; anybody would think he had to make the repair. :wink:
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Postby MFaulks » Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:44 am

:lol: yeah but notice the creature comforts... bit of wood under feet to keep them comfy :lol: :wink:
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Postby mettersl » Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:07 pm

I know the calendar hasn't got the popular appeal of clee's request, but a gear change failure calendar certainly has enough photos to be practical.
I made it into Jules' 2009 Macon video too, well my feet did, you can choose the month...
It would make an unusual calendar, unique even....But bizarrely I'd buy one..
You can see it " Renault alpine a car do well engineered that every one has been laid up by a £2 bush failing......"
Mind you it did get me the car on a trailer shot of my car that I love...
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Postby Juzzblack » Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:45 am

BIG_MVS wrote:
TONY LAW wrote:There you go!

I think I have enough photos of roadside gearbox linkage repairs to make a calender.. Anyone interested?

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:lol: :lol: :lol: There's brotherly love for you :lol:

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:lol: Nice one Tony, so you were the culprit! :P


Actually, I think he did help by passing me that wheel brace that's on the floor by the tent, which is what I used to prise the bush in with. :D
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