Morris Minor Owners Club

I had some new polyurethane front suspension bushes fitted today due to an MOT advisory note, bought a whole set from ESM Spares, and there are quite a few left!
Just wondered what they are for, the mechanic at garage didn't know, he replaced the bushes on both sides on the front suspension and was a bit puzzled.
Am quite impressed at the difference they have made, now have a much smoother ride.

You would have to put pics up of what was left as we are not in a position to know what your garage changed. They maybe rear spring bushes or he may not have replaced "ALL" the front bushes.....?

He should have fitted them in the lower arms at the eye-bolt(4) , in the tie-bar mounts at the front of the chassis rails (4) - and in the upper eye of the king-pin where it mounts to the front damper arm(4). The 'complete kit' may have included bushes for the rear springs and dampers ?

Unfortunately my camera has died so can't post a picture at the moment, I have 4 smaller red and 3 larger blue bushes left in the pack.
The advisory note said "offside top suspension joint bushes deteriorating", but I asked for both sides to be done.
Will look at the picture on the ESM site to see how many were in the pack to start with!

There were 12 in the pack and I have 7 left, it was a front suspension kit only so guess they should all have been used for a complete replacement?

Well - that sounds odd - because they should be in matched sets of 4 ! The '3' suggests one is lost ? And that's not enough to 'do' the rear suspension. I suggest he has only changed the upper bushes on the king pins - not done the lower arms (probably the red ones) and not done the tie-rod front mounts (probably the blue ones) - but has carelessly lost a blue one !! Some 'mechanic'!

Have found the missing one, so there were only 4 fitted.
The mechanic who usually looks after the older cars wasn't there today unfortunately. I know I shouldn't feel this way but hate dealing with garages being a female!
I will have a look in my workshop manual to try and figure out where they should go.
I hope soon to be getting some ramps and tools to enable me to do stuff myself, but feel rather out of my depth with this sort of job. I can see why DIY is the way to go, but have a lot to learn!

The four he has fitted are the EASY ones to fit! They are also the most important - as you can see, you have already noticed an improvement. The others are not so easy - but not impossible either!

The blue bushes are indeed the tie bar bushes. These are normally available in red but this colour is being phased out in the near future for some reason.

Geraldine wrote: Just wondered what they are for, the mechanic at garage didn't know

Pls find a new garage to go to in future

Still haven't done these on my car and the rubber seals that hold the grease in. I MUST get around to ordering the parts and getting on with the job!