BUSH SET
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im looking for a BUSH SET for my steady bar.
Which one do i choice. as im not 100% sure what it means by H/D, or poly ? thanks

ooopss link

http://www.moss-europe.co.uk/Shop/ViewProd...ateIndexID=3524

std is the standard one

H/D is the uprated one

Poly steady bar bushes are usually stiff than a teenager in a brothel and thus can be a bit harsh for road use to some minds.

I always use poly at one end and H/D rubber at the other, but then again I run an ultimate with poly at one end and H/D rubber at the other along with 2 gearbox steadies each with poly at one end and H/D rubber at the others and the engine still rocks .....

Poly ones are often around 90 shore and thus offer almost no complience so you will hear and feel the engine movement through the shell, they also put a bit more stress on the mounting points (bulkhead one is usually the first to go).

That said .... for a track car I'd rose joint it ..... makes the poly bushes look floppy!!!!!

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

Im going with the rose jointed ones. Fast Carl sells em, or you can go with the ones from specialist components.

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Or KAD, just for the sake of completeness

Whats the rose jointed ones ?
Im still learning here and bit conffused now lol
Not sure what to go with now.. ?
And is that BUSH steady bar good to get. as i might as well get a new one :)

if you're not bothered about noise and vibration (basically a race car) then rose jointed are the ultimate as there is no movement. they do however wear and are more expensive.

I have 4 fitted.

im going to poly bush all the engine stadiys and the extra 3 im fitting! (gearbox left and right, and the avonbar one that goes to the water pump!)
its not going to be an everyday drive though.

cheers
josh

My build thread..

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=542985

Rose jointed steady bars will drive you mad in a road car!!!

Trust me, one poly and one rubber is a good place to start and as all the bars use the same bushes you can just by a couple of sets of each with no wastage. I use front suspension tie bar bushes on my ultimate engine steadies.

Served me well for the last decade plus and I see no reason to change.

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

So would i get 1 BUSH SET steady bar, poly? and 1 BUSH SET, steady bar H/D
Was i right that you mean, put the poly at the front, and the H/D behind it. or am i being a complete Noob lol

imo the poly ones are a waste of money, had a set in mine and they were fucked in less than a month. i always used to use the std minispares rubber ones and got 6+months out of em.

now using the SC rose jointed one and its excellent, haven't noticed any extra noise/vibration really but i have lost the big clang every time i change gear!

everyone used to moan about solid mounted subframes making extra noise and vibrations, now its the steady bars...we drive minis ffs not bentleys.

Edited by Nick on 14th Mar, 2007.

FWIW

I have been using the minispares uprated bushes for ages and replacing them quite often,

Last time i changed them i put in avonbars one peice red poly bushes, they semm to be holding up very well so far.

H/D rubber at one end of the bar, Poly at the other.

Mini13 is right, the two piece (plus sleeve) poly bushes are rubbish (as Bud666 said also).... but the single piece (plus sleeve) ones are really good ..... as they can be a pain to fit.

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

These the ones.
Click on bshes.
Super Pro Polyurethane Engine Steady-Bar Bush Kit.

https://www.speedgenie.co.uk/avonbar/mainFrameset.html

shall i get them then.. ?
And they would just replace the ones i have on mine now..
http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002062124779070722 ?

Avonbar stuff is usually good quality.

I normally get all my bits from Min-Its ..... what Dave doesn't know isn't worth knowing .... probably forgot more than most will ever learn!!!

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

doe's Min-Its have a catalog. ? as there no stuff on there site .
Could you show me a pic of what your steady bar looks like.
I take it min-its do same thing as the avonbar.
Part from that roger, thats the bushes i should get.
I just need to get an idea. as all this bushes stuff is all abit new to me..
thanks. :)

The ones from moss are also made by Super Pro, thats what im using on mine, look exactly the same apart from they are blue not red.

Manchester Minis

Hi jack.
Do you have the BUSH SET, steady bar H/D ones then ?

I dont really want a stiff ride,,, im more of smoother ride.. yes i know its a mini lol..

I got the complete front subframe kit, so it came with that, but also has the top subby mount, tie bar bushes and the lower arm bushes.

My mini isnt on the road atm but i did have poly bushes on the engine bar and it wasnt any louder.

Manchester Minis