[Davis]

I noticed that my bonnet bushing was broken so I replaced it with a spare I have on hand. I hear a nasty vibration coming from my hood and to deduced it was a loose bonnet bushing as it is wiggling in the bulkhead bushing holder. I checked its size and the diameter is smaller than the broken one it replaced and smaller than the opposite side. Are there multiple sizes/diameters of these bushes? I ordered #346849. All my spares are very loose in my 1991 110...

 

[rdavisinva]

No.
All should be the same size from the series III to the 90 and 110.

 

[Davis]

I guess I’ll turn some delrin rod and make some oversized then...

 

[6777]

The loops on your truck are probably just stretched. Tap them with a rubber hammer until they fit nbd

 

[Davis]

no, that’s too hard. I’d rather spend 2 hours looking for my spare piece of delrin, spend two hours setting up my mini lathe, another hour to cut the slot in “just the right place”, take out the old bushing, realize there is rust on the hinge bolts, chase rust for a couple hours, forget where I set the new bushings, see a drip of coolant under truck, chase a leak for.....


**** it, I’ll grab the hammer...

 

[Stealthsr71]

no, that’s too hard. I’d rather spend 2 hours looking for my spare piece of delrin, spend two hours setting up my mini lathe, another hour to cut the slot in “just the right place”, take out the old bushing, realize there is rust on the hinge bolts, chase rust for a couple hours, forget where I set the new bushings, see a drip of coolant under truck, chase a leak for.....

**** it, I’ll grab the hammer...

I was really hoping you would make some so I can take your skinny ones. I have new hinges and mine are super tight and break if I try making them work. lol

 

[Davis]

Seems that my fat ones are the anomaly... it’s sounding like my skinny ones are the normal size. I have a few spares coming from Europe and if there are any skinny ones in any of my versions I’ll send them to you!!

 

[rdavisinva]

I have run into these sort of differences all the time.
Motor mounts can vary as much as an inch, especially on an aftermarket chassis.
Your other option would be to make a metal sleeve with a slot in it to shim the plastic bushing.
The sleeve would have the same opening for the hood hinge with am OD matching your over sized hood mount and an ID that the plastic bushing fits into with clearance to slide for opening and closing the hood.

 

[Davis]

I have run into these sort of differences all the time.
Motor mounts can vary as much as an inch, especially on an aftermarket chassis.
Your other option would be to make a metal sleeve with a slot in it to shim the plastic bushing.
The sleeve would have the same opening for the hood hinge with am OD matching your over sized hood mount and an ID that the plastic bushing fits into with clearance to slide for opening and closing the hood.

Thanks-I cut a piece of bike tire inner tube and used it as a shim for now. Works so well I may just leave it alone.

 

[pitchrollyaw]

I had one smaller than the one it replaced and I also had one where the slot was too deep so that one of the halfs would catch the bushing holder...thought I screwed something up so I put another one from the same batch. Figured it out after that one broke. Probably a slightly worn hinge and crap replacement part.

 

[Davis]

The loops on your truck are probably just stretched. Tap them with a rubber hammer until they fit nbd

I’m not sure now if you were kidding or not. My innertube shim fix finally disappeared and I heard that familiar rattle. I took a rubber hammer, then a dead blow p,astic and finally my big copper mallet. Hinge remains exactly same size, thick as hell and I’ll cave in the bulkhead before relaxing these closed. I’m with Robert on this one— they are different sizes. Cut another inner tube but I’ll make either my own bushings or sleeves. Probably my own bushings— just seems easier.

 

[Red90]

Can you measure the bushing and hinge diameters.

 

[DBrands]

I've had no luck finding good replacements either. The original ones (that were cracked when I got the truck), were the only ones I've received that had a wide enough slot. Every other pair since I've had to widen the slot in the bushing by a couple millimetres. Every other set has also cracked... well except the ones I put in a week ago...

 

[6777]

i tapped mine with a deadblow , tightened right up...not kidding !

if yours is super out of wack maybe cut some shims from SS shim stock, instead of tape?

 

[Red90]

I've had no luck finding good replacements either. The original ones (that were cracked when I got the truck), were the only ones I've received that had a wide enough slot. Every other pair since I've had to widen the slot in the bushing by a couple millimetres. Every other set has also cracked... well except the ones I put in a week ago...

Are you buying genuine ones?

 

[DBrands]

Are you buying genuine ones?

I am assuming not... I did try once but didn't get a bush any different to those before unfortunately.
When you start snooping around on the web though, things appear very inconsistent. Which one of these are Genuine?

(Apparently left and right, according to descriptions, but the ones in the middle labelled as Britpart, appear to be the only ones that would fit without modifying the slot...)

 

[Chris]

Hammer?
you need a bigger tool!

 

[Davis]

Really not sure I’d have tried that!!

 

[BeachRunner110]

Replaced my bonnet bushings today (previous owner rigged up some tubing on one side to replace the bushing). The replacements from Rovers North fit in the hinges perfectly, however, the hood wouldn’t fit in the bushing slot. Not sure if it was the repaint that made it too thick, but a little filing inside the bushings and it fit perfectly. Hood definitely operates more smoothly now.