Sunday 23 January 2011

On the Subject of Anti Roll Bar Bushes

The car came without an antiroll bar, still, no problem, I know that the Vixen uses Herald/Spitfire antiroll bars. Very simple bits of kit. I managed to get hold of a 22mm Spitfire ARB, then a kit of replacement mounts, U bolts and drop links. The car came with a complete set of Superflex bushes, including one for the ARB.

The Vixen ARB bushes from Superflex look like this:


Note the bulge at the bottom. But the Vixen ARB mounting plate looks like this - flat


Since the Vixen uses a Triumph roll bar, I imagine that Superflex assumed the mounts were the same. The Spitfire mount does have a curve in it that would take the bulge. Anyhow, to cut a long story short, it seems that the Vixen ARB bushes should be cylendrical and I am going to get some from Adrian Venn at Exactly TVR (http://www.exactly-tvr.demon.co.uk/)

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