ford capri leaf spring front eye bush

hi noticed my front eye bush was stuffed and worse was bolt was seized in the sleeve of the bush
 
got the bolt out had to cut it out with reciprical saw
 
so now i got them to remove the bush but i think they might have removed the sleeve as well as the replacement bush is now to small to fit inside the eye , its 48mm OD while the spring eye is 52 mm ID
 
the 48 mm replacement bush has a steel casing outside of it , i see polyurthane bushes also that come in two halfs with a sleeve
 
my question is do i need to get a sleeve for the 48mm one to fit or does the polyurthane one sit in the eye itself with no outer steel casing or sleeve is the poly one 52 mm
 
just seeing if anybody has done a rear eye bush that might know
 
thanks
 
 

i know there are two different ones  ..
 
the bush they removed looks as if it had a outside sleeve on it moulded to the rubber they destroyed it that much its hard to tell
 the replacement ones i brought have also a outside sleeve on it and are 48mm od
 
the id of the eye is 52mm
 
 
 
i also see there are push in bushes as well with no outside metal sleeve moulded to them
 
i cant see any od on the polyurthane ones anywhere to tell if they are the replacement ones
at 52 mm  or if its the 48 mm ones
 
this capri is starting to give me the ****s now

got it sorted bloke from yesterford sell's the sleeve you press on the 48mm standard type bush and brings the whole bush up to 52mm then you press it into the leaf spring eye 

yeah i stuck with the standard ones  rather than the poly ones .. and just incase  anybody is doing the same thing yesterford in victoria get the sleeves made up... 
 
only yesterford have the whole kit with extra sleeve in there deals to adapt 48mm bush kit to 52 mm  that i found

BEE VEE
Rod, can you recall EXACT SIZES of all 4 dimensions of this "Silentruba"(Mackay name) Rear spring front eye bush as they should be when new?
cheers

bit hard to tell as they really butchered the old one , but i did get it at 52mm OD  x 65 wide
11mm ID inside sleeve the one bolt goes thru,, and spring eye is at 52 ID
 
its hard to tell as mentioned they butchered it badly if there was a sleeve that is pressed on to the bush ..
 
the replacement one i have is 48.40 OD .
spring eye bolt sleeve is 11mm ID
spring eye is 52mm ID
width is 65mm
thats the only one i could find as a replacement even the bloke at yesterford said the poly bush needs a outside sleeve as well to bring it to 52mm OD
the one below is the same type i brought  at 48mm and the bloke from yesterford said they get sleeves made up that you can buy in a kit with the bush or just the sleeve on its own
 
not sure what the mackay one is as i couldnt see any specs on it
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Whiteline-Rear-Leaf-Spring-Front-Eye-Bush-W71386-fits-Ford-CAPRI-1969-1974-/162297940005?hash=item25c9b60825:g:B7sAAOSwYIxX~Yib
this type you still need a sleeve to press over the bush as its only 48mm OD to bring it up to 52mm OD to match spring eye
 
yesterford ones

 
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Front Eye (Spring Eye I.D. 48 mm) $65 + you need the sleeve to press over it  cannot see price of the sleeve they make ..
or
Rear Spring
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Front Eye (Spring Eye I.D. 52 mm $120  that one is in kit form not sure if outer sleeve is already pressed on or you do it yourself
 
hope that helps others
 
cheers
 
 
 
 

ill take a pic of the sleeve and post it up when it arrives
 
on another note was wondering how many leafs are on peoples spring
bloke from small ford said v6's have a 4 leaf spring but mine late 72 model  has 3 leaf and some others i have seen have 3 leaf as well
and have seen a couple who only have 1 leaf
 
these cars can be a bit confusing at times with so many different bits from yr to yr

My V6 has 4 leaves that look original................the former owner wanted more stiffness so he added an "over-ride" booster leaf as they did back then to save pulling everything out to add another leaf!.........this was mainly done for towing vans and/or heavy bootloads with 4 passengers as regular use, even tho mine has no sign of ever having been fitted with a towbar.
I find the suspension very tight and seems to keep the V6 in good control..............became suspiscious so
I disconnected the shockers to make sure they weren't seized and giving me false impressions; but no, they were fine!
Bernie

BEE VEE
....the former owner wanted more stiffness so he added an "over-ride" booster leaf as they did back then to save pulling everything out to add another leaf!......
I find the suspension very tight and seems to keep the V6 in good control..........

One of my cars came with a Booster spring set. This was clamped under the ordinary leaf spring with square-shaped U bolts.  Tight is right. I found it far too tight, and deadly in the wet.  Better once removed.