hot-J

Ok, I deleted the T-bars, and I get a horrable squeak from the new solid bushings.... Did any of you do anything to make it go away?

RolexNJ

Go and look into these. I would. http://www.elephantracing.com/suspen...44bushings.htm

hot-J

Awwww crap..... I wish i had known about these before.... The thought of doing that job again makes me queasy... Are these what you are going to use?

shiners780

Are you talking about the spring plate bushings?

Did you grease them when installing?

Were they fit properly, ie. did you hone the insides of the torsion tube housing where the inner bushing resides, and the inside of the spring plate where the outer bushing resides?

I have the Racer's Edge delrin bushings with no squeaking. But I spent a lot of time on fitment.

Did you just put them in? I would drive with them for awhile and see if it goes away.

hot-J

DOUBLE DAMMIT!

RolexNJ

Yes I am going to use these in the future. I am going to use a combo of Racers Edge and Elephant. The Elephant are good because they have good weather sealing properties too, along with the fact that they are high quality and don't sweak! But do what Shiners said, drive it for a while and see what happens.

hot-J

Yeah I guess I'll drive on them for awhile, but if it doesnt go away, I'll get the Elephant ones... Thanks guys!

shiners780

I'll fix your bushings if you fix my wiring!?!?

Proper fitment is key to these solid bushings. You can see in the pic below, the spring plate on the left is how it looked when it came off the car. The spring plate on the right is after I honed it. Honing cleans out the hard bits of rubber from the old bushings, and takes a minute amount of material off so the bushings don't bind up. Trial fitment during the honing process ensures you don't take too much off. Honing also helps to round out the inside surface area, which may not have been perfectly round since the rubber bushings didn't require it.

RolexNJ

Jim: Good prep work!

hot-J

That is some quality work! Do you know if your not getting spark, fuel, or air?

shiners780

Thank you! And thank you to Rob too.

I have never had a no-start condition before, so I have no experience trouble-shooting. I'm no mechanic, I just kinda figure things out as I go along. I don't even have a multimeter, I'll be buying one today (and figuring out how to use it later today.)

I'm convinced it's a wiring issue since I pulled a whole lotta old wiring, but common basic trouble-shooting (which I will be learning here real soon) will help to eliminate other possibilities.

But I don't want to detract from your bushings thread. For FUN WITH WIRING, see my "How to read wiring diagrams" thread in this forum.

Ski

squeak on a street car is a bitch; track car, well you only hear it in the pits . Jim did a nice job on his spring plate housings. You can also just lightly scratch the bushings, that way when you grease them before install, a bit of grease goes into the bushing to help on the install. If you take them apart, nothing says you can't drill and tap for a grease fitting