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Terry Gaskin's MGB front suspension rework, May 20, 2000

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good and bad s-arm outer ends 
Good and bad a-arm outer ends.
Notice the badly worn bolt hole. 		good and bad s-arm inner ends
Good and bad a-arm inner ends.
Just bad rubber bits here.
inner pivot points corroded 
Badly corroded wishbone pivot points. 		Sandpapering the pivot points
Cleaning the pivots as well as possible.

The wishbone pivots were very badly corroded and very rough. As such, it is useless to install new stock type rubber bushings here, as they would self-destruct in a short period of road use. But there is a reasonable fix without having to replace those expensive pivot brackets. The pivot pins first need to be sanded to clean off the built up corrosion. Then you can install the MGB GT-V8 type of inner pivot bushings. These bushings have a steel sleeve inside that gets bolted securely to the pivot pin and does not rotate there. As the suspension arm moves the rubber part of the bushing flexes rather than turning on the pin.

Set up new bushing for squeeze in vice. 
New MGB-GT-V8 type or bushing.
Setting up for the vice squeeze.
Dish soap and water helps it slide right in. 		Final press of bushing into place
Final positioning of the new bushing.
Large tube socket to fit over the bushing
allows the bushing to extend past the tube.

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