Silentbloc Bushing on Rear Springs

[sadie27612]

I am installing new rear springs on a TC I am restoring. The springs came with silentbloc bushings installed in the front eyes. One spring slids very easily onto the front hanger pin - about a .010" clearance. The other is so tight it can only be driven on. What is the right clearance? Do I need to do something to tighten up the loose front eye? If so, any suggestions? When the springs are loaded (have not yet done this) and the front eye nut tightened is the inner sleave of the silentbloc bushing supposed to rotate at all? I assume that the outer sleave is not supposed to rotate. Guy TC4292

[Chip Old]

On Sun, 15 May 2005 15:46 -0000, sadie27612 wrote:

> I am installing new rear springs on a TC I am restoring. The springs > came with silentbloc bushings installed in the front eyes. One spring > slids very easily onto the front hanger pin - about a .010" clearance. > The other is so tight it can only be driven on. What is the right > clearance? Do I need to do something to tighten up the loose front eye? > If so, any suggestions? > > When the springs are loaded (have not yet done this) and the front eye > nut tightened is the inner sleave of the silentbloc bushing supposed to > rotate at all? I assume that the outer sleave is not supposed to rotate.

The inner sleeve should be a press fit on the pin. Once the nut is tightened it should not rotate on the pin. The very small rotation of the spring eye relative to the pin should be absorbed by the rubber. -- Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 XPAG7430 NEMGTR #2271 Cub Hill, Maryland fold@bcpl.net

[Paroor]

Hi Guy, The inner sleeve is held in position by tightening the nut. The inner sleeve will not rotate after tightening. The TC 0448 left side was tight fit and right side was loos fit. I did clean the shaft and applied some grease before fitting. Madhu -----Urspr ngliche Nachricht----- Von: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com]Im Auftrag von sadie27612 Gesendet: Sonntag, 15. Mai 2005 17:47 An: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com Betreff: [mg-tabc] Silentbloc Bushing on Rear Springs I am installing new rear springs on a TC I am restoring. The springs came with silentbloc bushings installed in the front eyes. One spring slids very easily onto the front hanger pin - about a .010" clearance. The other is so tight it can only be driven on. What is the right clearance? Do I need to do something to tighten up the loose front eye? If so, any suggestions? When the springs are loaded (have not yet done this) and the front eye nut tightened is the inner sleave of the silentbloc bushing supposed to rotate at all? I assume that the outer sleave is not supposed to rotate. Guy TC4292 Yahoo! Groups Links