R33 Gts-t Front Top Wishbone To Upright Bushes?

[Chris Wilson]

On an R33 GTS-t, where the outer end of the front top wishbone bolts to the top of the upright, with a longish through bolt, there is fore and aft play. What is inside the top of the upright, ordinary bushes, taper bearings, or what? In this assembly what takes the fore and aft thrust loadings, and is there a better set up than stock available commercially? I don't need to have camber adjustement here, I have modded the bottom front arms to take rod ends on their inboard ends, to give camber adjustment there, see below, if interested

ftp://ftp.chriswilson.tv/R33GTST_Modded_F...Lower_Wishbones

Thanks for any pointers. Cheers.

[Sydneykid]

On an R33 GTS-t, where the outer end of the front top wishbone bolts to the top of the upright, with a longish through bolt, there is fore and aft play. What is inside the top of the upright, ordinary bushes, taper bearings, or what? In this assembly what takes the fore and aft thrust loadings, and is there a better set up than stock available commercially? I don't need to have camber adjustement here, I have modded the bottom front arms to take rod ends on their inboard ends, to give camber adjustment there, see below, if interested

ftp://ftp.chriswilson.tv/R33GTST_Modded_F...Lower_Wishbones

Thanks for any pointers. Cheers.

The standard setup is rubber bushes, inside steel sleaves with steel crush tubes. We replace the rubber with polyurethane bushes, adjustable for camber. We find it is better to do camber correction on the upper wishbone as it avoids the bump steer problems associated with doing it on the lower control arm.

cheers