What happens when a bushing is worn on a car?
Like the cartilage that protects knees and elbows, when bushings wear, it puts more stress on the joints and connected parts. Like bone-on-bone contact, worn bushings can allow metal-on-metal contact. Worn control-arm bushings can allow the vehicle’s front end to slip out of alignment and cause premature tire wear.
What happens when suspension bushes get worn down?
Worn down suspension bushes can result in metal-to-metal contact of suspension parts. This contact can inflict stress to these parts and cause them to wear down too.
Can a control arm bushing be replaced separately?
In addition, many bushings are pressed into a metal sleeve and difficult to remove, which increases labor time and costs. On some cars, control-arm bushings cannot be replaced separately, so the mechanic may have to replace the control arm itself.
How can you tell if rear suspension bushing is failing?
Failure of rear suspension bushings may be harder to detect as they don’t involve the steering system and may be less affected by cornering.
Where is the Kickstart bearing on a gearbox?
Hold the gearshaft from turning and unscrew the gearshaft nut that is exposed by the removal of the small cover. Unless the kickstart spring or ratchet need attention the kickstart bearing should be left in place attached to the gearbox end cover. (For attention to kickstart see page 35.)
Worn down suspension bushes can result in metal-to-metal contact of suspension parts. This contact can inflict stress to these parts and cause them to wear down too.
Like the cartilage that protects knees and elbows, when bushings wear, it puts more stress on the joints and connected parts. Like bone-on-bone contact, worn bushings can allow metal-on-metal contact. Worn control-arm bushings can allow the vehicle’s front end to slip out of alignment and cause premature tire wear.
How to remove the Kickstart on a BSA A50?
Remove both kickstart and gearlever and release the cover which is held on with three screws. Remove the points plate and the advance and retard unit, the latter either with special tool no. 61-3005 or screw a bolt into the nut and strike it sharply with a mallet. This should loosen it from its taper.