Top Wishbones

[AdamQ]

Does anybody know whether or not the top wishbones were changed at any point for narrow track imperial De Dion cars?

The Caterham parts website suggests not, but I bought a second-hand set a while ago from a 1996 car to replace the rather tatty items on my 1999 car and there's a 3 mm difference in the distance between the mounts.  This seems to be somewhat more than one would expect from 'manufacturing tolerances' and it certainly looks like a fair bit of persuasion would be required to get them to fit - if indeed any amount of persuasion would do it.

Thanks,

Adam

[SM25T]

Is it the steel sleeves in the rubber bushes that foul (if not the right type ?) ... or the wishbone itself ?

[AdamQ]

You're spot on with that - it was the sleeves in the bushes that were causing the problems (though the 3 mm difference was measured between the faces of the metal tubes that house the bushes so is a genuine difference).  All sorted now - without the need to resort to too much persuasion ...

Many thanks.

[SM25T]

Phew.