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The Superpro factory (now available from Moss Europe) is not far away from me.  I asked them about availability of the single piece "cotton reel" inner front bush for the B (as opposed to the two part bush fitted as OE).  They advise that on advice they had deleted this as they had conflicting advice on its suitability.  The bush is still available but its part number directs to Jaguar's E type.  Does anyone know if this E type bush and that for the B (commonly referred to as the V8 bushes) are the same?  (Superpro don't know as they only make them not fit them)

Baz: The inner front bushings need to have some form of location to prevent front to rear play. The original V8 style one piece bush is located by the bonded steel sleeve and the bond formed between the outer rubber and the a-arm. There is no way of locating a single piece poly bushing in this manner. The two piece bushings have a step which locates the arms and prevents any front to back sliding of the a-arms. I'm not sure how the E-Type bush is located, but I'm thinking it is the one used in the torsion spring pivot in which case it doesn't have to deal with forward to back thrust.

Did you have a problem with the two piece bushes? Just wondering why you were looking for an alternative. The two piece poly bushes have been around for many years and seem to do the job effectively. Just interested.

 regards

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Kelvin Dodd
Global Sourcing Engineer
Moss Motors, Ltd.
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Thanks Kelvin.  No I didn't have a problem with the two piece bush (although the poly bushes I took out recently were without a crush tube!).  As I've got Superpro in the rear I want to match the front, My question arose because in some publications the single piece bush is recommended over the two piece but it maybe that that relates to rubber versions. When I looked Superpro had a one piece bush showing on their webpage (you need the part numbers to get in to the relevant page) and that's why I phoned them.  It was then that the research guy traced the part number to the E type (although at the time it was showing/listed with MGB).  cheers,