Have fitted new rialko bushes and bottom bearings-
when fitting the housing back on to get the correct pre-load alot of shims are needed (in excess of 5mm of shims) -seems wrong to me
(in this pic there is already a very thick shim at the bottom and the swivel is locked solid there)
Comparing the new swivelpins to the old ones the new ones are about 5mm longer (and also have a narrower section to go through the bush-so i cant refit the old ones)
The new ones are the same length as the old ones with the thrust washer (so omitting the thrust washer will get rid of the excess shims)...but
the bushes fitted originaly did have thrust washers (I though all rialkos had thrust washers ??? )
Old pin is same diameter all the way down, new one stepped
Ifi have the thrust washer the step in the pin where the diameter changes on the pin is visible
without the thrust washer this step sits on the top edge of the bush-is this meant to do the job of the thrust washer instead?
with thrust washer fitted to bush
Without thrust washer
so it would seem that the step in diameter does the job-but that little step on the edge of the bush replacing the thrust washer doesnt seem a good idea to me
Also these bushes seem to sit much further out of the housing than the old ones -can someone with a se parts book check if the V8 has the same bushes as a normal series?
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y hanes manual suggests only early set ups had thrust washere-doesnt say when early is
but the ones i took of did. the only way i can see the ones ive got working is if the thrust washer is omitted as the pin is longer than the original by the length of the thrust washer...but metal-metal contact from pin to bush doesnt seem right
