Hi Guys,
quite a few years ago I purchased a bunch of parts someone had imported from the UK. Among them was several stuffed pork chop mounts, and a bush that's apparantly from a bedford truck. Note the two layers of rubber separated by metal layers.
It would fit perfectly as is (yeah slightly wider, but that wouldn't matter). The guy I bought the parts from said you cut them in half and make two mounts with them. Thinking it would be similar to using a solid bar where NVH is concerned I figured cutting it in half would halve the torque needed to depress the rubber.
The rubber is actually much softer than the rubber used in a standard CX mount. So it's possible this may well be ok ??? We'll soon see I guess
This is the bush... to cut in in half I just used a hacksaw. You need to keep spraying the blade with lubricant to cool it so it doesn't stick to the rubber. (eg: WD40)
To get the old bush out is a pain. I didn't have any sockets or pieces of pipe that would fit onto the metal outer of the bush so I could push it out. To get rid of the rubber part I just grabbed the biggest socket I had and loaded the bush in the press, then gently heated it... it then simply fell out leaving the rest of the metal outer band behind. So I painstakingly cut through that with a hacksaw blade and chiseled it out. Definitely I'll find some tube or something that sits against the outer bush exactly so it can be pressed out before I did another.
The center bore hole is larger. Most probably wouldn't worry about this ..... but I have a lathe I can play with
I just turned down the center out of the old bush to pass through the newie ... making it a perfect fit
The new bush fits **perfectly**.... You'll need to hammer/press it in. If we can figure out exactly which truck this bush is from (apparently bedford), we may have the answer to cheap top mount rebuilds.
seeya,
Shane L.
quite a few years ago I purchased a bunch of parts someone had imported from the UK. Among them was several stuffed pork chop mounts, and a bush that's apparantly from a bedford truck. Note the two layers of rubber separated by metal layers.
It would fit perfectly as is (yeah slightly wider, but that wouldn't matter). The guy I bought the parts from said you cut them in half and make two mounts with them. Thinking it would be similar to using a solid bar where NVH is concerned I figured cutting it in half would halve the torque needed to depress the rubber.
The rubber is actually much softer than the rubber used in a standard CX mount. So it's possible this may well be ok ??? We'll soon see I guess
This is the bush... to cut in in half I just used a hacksaw. You need to keep spraying the blade with lubricant to cool it so it doesn't stick to the rubber. (eg: WD40)
To get the old bush out is a pain. I didn't have any sockets or pieces of pipe that would fit onto the metal outer of the bush so I could push it out. To get rid of the rubber part I just grabbed the biggest socket I had and loaded the bush in the press, then gently heated it... it then simply fell out leaving the rest of the metal outer band behind. So I painstakingly cut through that with a hacksaw blade and chiseled it out. Definitely I'll find some tube or something that sits against the outer bush exactly so it can be pressed out before I did another.
The center bore hole is larger. Most probably wouldn't worry about this ..... but I have a lathe I can play with
I just turned down the center out of the old bush to pass through the newie ... making it a perfect fit
The new bush fits **perfectly**.... You'll need to hammer/press it in. If we can figure out exactly which truck this bush is from (apparently bedford), we may have the answer to cheap top mount rebuilds.
seeya,
Shane L.
