Made up 10.5 sets of bushes (Only 1 full set and 0.5 set left now).
The reason for making these was two fold. The first was because my original steel bushes in my drivers door were slightly worn meaning that when I fitted a pair of new plastic plain bearings the door still drooped. The second reason is that whilst a few on line retailers have these listed, they don’t carry stock and the lead time seems to be unknown.
The RRP is £25/each inc VAT (£100/set of 4)
This sale is for x4 bushes (complete car set).
These are made from Stainless Steel Type 431 (very hard and superior corrosion resistance to other stainless steels).
They are oversized by 0.01mm (25.01mm as opposed to 25.00mm for OE) to allow for a better transition fit on our older cars where wear has taken place. Please see my ‘door hinge bush wear’ thread in technical forum for videos of my install, advice on fitting and some more images.
https://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=505991&page=1#pid9242747
Using these slightly oversized bushes on my 1999 111s has stopped the door “drooping” the ~5mm it was before fitting them. The drivers door still dropped even when I used a set of new plain bearings (A111U6025F) with original bushes fitted. I even swapped the passenger door steel bushes, which were not as worn as drivers side, into drivers door, but it still drooped.
It is strongly recommended to fit a set of these relatively cheap plain bearings at the same time.
Not planning on production running these as I just wanted some for myself really, but once the machine is set up then easy enough to run them off until ran out of material (hence there being an extra 2 bushes!).
Listing ID: 66068d1843b054f9
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