Britpart top shock polybushes

has anyone actually managed to fit these horrible little things? I give up. I tried clamps and all sorts but kept slipping. You can’t even get the tiniest bit of thread to show!!

How are you fitting them?

You know you got to fit the big washers round side against bushes not the flat side. eg

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Yeah that’s how I’m doing it. They’re such a **** fit I’m going to order plain ones

resto_d1 said:

Yeah that’s how I’m doing it. They’re such a **** fit I’m going to order plain ones

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Have you measured the pin, the spigot spacer and the bush widths?

I had to trim 10mm off the spigot spacer and even then they were tight but wound up good and tight, warmed them up in a jug of hot water to make them a little more pliable too.

Bit confused now - think I could have been trying to jam in the wrong bushes!!! Looking in the removal box it seems these ones may be the ones I need to fit! I way trying to squash in two trapeze shaped ones which I now do not know where they belong...
Could anyone confirm these are the top shock ones? Thanks

It’s confirmed. I’m a tw@t. For some reason I zip tied the bushes I was trying to use to the shocks in a pair so assumed they were correct. My next problem is I only have two cups on each shock. I think the originals were chiseled off then the bush just sat directly on the axle plate. I’m guessing this is a requirement before fitment

As such, I’m going with this as have these at my disposal due to a spare shock coming with car. Seems a solution to me?

resto_d1 said:

Bit confused now - think I could have been trying to jam in the wrong bushes!!! Looking in the removal box it seems these ones may be the ones I need to fit! I way trying to squash in two trapeze shaped ones which I now do not know where they belong...
Could anyone confirm these are the top shock ones? Thanks
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They are the top ones, they are a bit of a squeeze so long as the centre sleeve is the right length they will squish up when warmed in a jug of warm water.

They go fat end facing the outside of the shock, use a smear of grease or vaseline to help them slide in.

dieseldog69 said:

They are the top ones, they are a bit of a squeeze so long as the centre sleeve is the right length they will squish up when warmed in a jug of warm water.

They go fat end facing the outside of the shock, use a smear of grease or vaseline to help them slide in.

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Cheers they’re all in mate. The penny dropped when I looked at my removed box to not find anything that looked close to what I was trying to jam in there. So used to things taking effort lol. Bit of red rubber grease and the correct ones slid straight in nicely