AdamQ Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Does anybody know whether or not the top wishbones were changed at any point for narrow track imperial De Dion cars?The Caterham parts website suggests not, but I bought a second-hand set a while ago from a 1996 car to replace the rather tatty items on my 1999 car and there's a 3 mm difference in the distance between the mounts. This seems to be somewhat more than one would expect from 'manufacturing tolerances' and it certainly looks like a fair bit of persuasion would be required to get them to fit - if indeed any amount of persuasion would do it.Thanks,Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM25T Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Is it the steel sleeves in the rubber bushes that foul (if not the right type ?) ... or the wishbone itself ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamQ Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 You're spot on with that - it was the sleeves in the bushes that were causing the problems (though the 3 mm difference was measured between the faces of the metal tubes that house the bushes so is a genuine difference). All sorted now - without the need to resort to too much persuasion ...Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM25T Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Phew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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