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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Neil_MV6 on 20 January 2010, 09:00:42

Title: Donut bushes - the mysterious metal cup
Post by: Neil_MV6 on 20 January 2010, 09:00:42
Ok, I just want to try clear this up in my head once and for all. I keep reading about a metal cup that needs to be removed with the donut bushes.

The replacements I have bought do not come with any metal cup, but it seems from pictures I've seen that the bush should sit inside one.  :question

1. Is the metal cup correctly identified in the 3 photos below?
2. Is it simply removed and discarded as in the bottom right photo? Does the bush on the right sit inside this cup?
3. Does the new bush go in without a metal cup?

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4289548461_93dfb32ce9_o.jpg)

Many thanks
Neil  :y
Title: Re: Donut bushes - the mysterious metal cup
Post by: MarkG on 20 January 2010, 13:26:19
That metal cup you are pointing to is welded into the arm so it won't come out
Title: Re: Donut bushes - the mysterious metal cup
Post by: djac on 20 January 2010, 13:39:31
Mark is right, in the lower-right picture the bit you are pointing at is the inner part of the bush, the metal cup can be seen just to the right of that, still fixed inside the outer part of the bush. It is normally sandwiched in the bush, but when really old, or under a lot of force to remove the bits can seperate - or so I understand...
Title: Re: Donut bushes - the mysterious metal cup
Post by: djac on 20 January 2010, 13:44:18
And he's got a V12 E-type!!!!!!!! Lucky bar-steward. I LOVE those things!!!

The E-type purists don't like them - what do they know!

What's the fuel economy like on that then Mark?
Title: Re: Donut bushes - the mysterious metal cup
Post by: MarkG on 21 January 2010, 19:10:41
About 10mpg. I do like to hoof it a bit