954chris

I bought a set of secondhand geo/suspension bolts in case any of mine are seized or knackered, mainly as a precaution so that I've got everything I could possibly need once I start the job.

Just spent a little time cleaning them up and have noticed that there are four bolts/nuts that are like smaller castor adjustment bolts, they have round plates that fit over flats on the bolt and some sort of alignment markings on them. Well these plates have a bit of wear on them and are not a close fit on the 'flats'. Will this cause an issue???

I've nearly got everything I need and am hoping to get it in the garage where the work will be done next week.

sound_wave

I reckon they will be fine. Might be worth getting your garage to sand blast them all before putting them in?

954chris

They've cleaned up really nicely with a wire brush, wire wool and some paraffin. Most of them are clean and like brand new, a couple have some corrosion on the shafts, but i'm hoping that i won't need to use them all anyway!

whaninoz

Sounds liek the Toe adjustment bolts.

they should be fine, just use plenty of coper slip.

WinFreak

What are you going to replace the bushes with if they're seized?

954chris

Got a full set of Powerflex bushes including compliance bushes and stainless castor bolts, pluc a set of BC coilovers, all sat here ready to go on. Thinking about replacing the bottom coilover mounting bush with poly ones as well, can't decide if its worth it or not.

whaninoz

I did mine,thought as i was doing all that working stripping it down i might aswell replace the lot.

bkz187

you're a brave fella! I hope you do realise how stiff it will be? Did you consider the Mugen bushes?

whaninoz

its not stiff IMO, i felt the car to be more planted than OEM bushes as the car had a better GEO so was a smoother ride.

954chris

I did loads of research on here, and there's loads of conflicting opinions, so in the end the cheaper Powerflex kit won out as it included all bushes in one kit, plus the ebay seller made a mistake in his listing and included the castor adjustment bolts in the kit price, which he then honoured, so i got a bit of a result! I suspect the ride to be slightly stiffer, but plan to run the coilovers on a fairly soft setting for the road, with the option to firm it up for track days, and a long awaited re visit to the Nurburgring in spring :-)