Hi all,
After a nearly a year off the road i'm getting the 944 ready for the MOT. I noticed one of the ARB brackets had broken so tried to replace last weekend as well as fitting the extra 'trianglation' support brackets.
I got as far as removing the ARB because the inner ARB bush OD seemed much larger than the bracket ID, I believe they should be a tight fit but I had to prise open the bracket in order to get it around the bush, there is still a 20mm gap between the bracket flanges too much gap to even get the nut and bolt on without clamping - does this sound normal? The bushes are purple so I guess not OEM, mid OD was measured at 40mm.
I have a '86 / '87 944 lux, but heres the thing - my ARB measures 24mm inner OD 16m end OD, sounds like I have a '86 turbo ARB
. Now I remember when my ARB broke broke before, the mechanic said it was a right PITA to fit the bushes, could this be because they ordered the smaller ID bushes and stretched them over the larger bar in turn making the OD larger as well?I have now decided to replace all the bushes and droplinks for the ARB as the other inner bush is split. I am thinking of spending extra for poly bushes. Looking on design911 I can find all the powerflex bushes I need except for the 24mm inner bushes, no 24mm for superpro either. So the only option I have is OEM unless you guys know where I can source a 24mm poly bush?
Was hoping to get this sorted this weekend but prob left it too late for mail order, would there be anywhere near Bristol I could source, or are these bushes to specialized?
Cheers,
Rich
