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montreal
Joined: 16 Nov 2010
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Location: germany
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 Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:27 pm Post subject: silentbloc bushes |
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when did silentbloc bushes first appear on private cars?
i have to mount new friction shocks on my car , replacing the "fix" that some bright spark did with non-standard hydraulic lever type. 
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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: South Cheshire
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The Morris 8 series E had them, so were used in the late 1930's.
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Kelsham
Joined: 18 Jan 2009
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Location: Llandrindod Wells Powys
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:30 pm Post subject: silentbloc bushes |
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My 1931 Bsa Vee twin four wheeler has them on the rear springs.
Any advances on this?
Regards Kels. |
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traction39
Joined: 19 May 2009
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Location: South Wales
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It is probably difficult to find anything earlier than that...assuming they are the original bushes! 
I guess the predecessor would have been rubber bushes, without the external metal casing as in original Andre Hartford shocks. i.e. not Silentblocs.
Citroen had them from 1934/35. |
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Salopian
Joined: 05 Jan 2010
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Location: Newport Shropshire
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The dreadful Austin 12/6 (March 1931 reg JF 1670 which the web tells me is now on a BMW of some sort!) had the remains of these in the spring eyes in 1967 so i guess 1930 ish is about right.
Bought it for £12.50 in 1967 - 15 mpg and about 55 mph flat out. Sold to a bloke in Grantham in around 1975 after it had festered in my shed for a few years.
I suspect before their invention (and of course they were a cheap alternative) was a proper bronze or brass bush and a steel pin.
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Nic Jarman
Joined: 05 Oct 2008
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Location: Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
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The Talbot has them on the suspension eyes and that was designed in 1925.
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montreal
Joined: 16 Nov 2010
Posts: 11
Location: germany
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| Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:25 pm Post subject: silent bloc bushes |
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many thanks for the replies; that helps me decide!
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