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Silent bloc bushing installation
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:38 pm
by Peter McKercher
A rainy Saturday afternoon. A perfect time to replace the silent bloc bushings on my Le Mans. You pre war guys ('33-'34) will know what these are for. They can have a profound effect on steering if worn. The tough part was already done - removing the old ones.
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:58 pm
by Peter McKercher
More bits going on. Next step is to clean up the leaf springs, paint and install
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:22 pm
by Peter McKercher
Nothing to do with Singers, but I received my copy of Moss Motors "British Motoring" magazine today and featured on the cover and inside were shots of my old MG YB. The on-line version is at
http://www.britishmotoring.net/.
Re: Silent bloc bushing installation
Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 8:31 pm
by Jimmy
HI where do you buy silentblocs, need two for my superten
Re: Silent bloc bushing installation
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 1:19 am
by Peter McKercher
Contact Dave Hardwick, pre war parts guy with the UK Singer Owners Club.
Re: Silent bloc bushing installation
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 6:57 am
by Jimmy
Cheers Peter, I have already tried Dave Hardwick but alas only Le mans stuff available from him, thanks for reply Jim
Re: Silent bloc bushing installation
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 6:16 pm
by Phillip
Hi Jimmy,
I believe you may need
Harris bushings, not the Silentbloc bushings.
Harris bushings look like
rubber top hats and are used on the
Roadster suspension. Two are required per shackle pin - one each side. They are bolted tight and squeeze under compression.
They are available via
Bill Haverly, the ASCO Roadster spares man. He can be reached via
spullen3@aol.com.
I was visiting him last week and saw some in the spares shed!
Hope that helps.