The Mitsubishi Pajero Owners Club®

[BenKenobi]

OK car has been in bits for a few weeks, done a bit of 'pre-assembly' with a view to getting it back together tomorrow / Sunday but one of the new Poly bushes has me a little stumped.

On of the supplied bushings clearly has the centre bolt bushing off centre, as in the bolt hole is not centred in the bush. This will mean that the arm that it fits will be raised / lowered moved backwards or forwards depending how this bush is inserted. It is the lower trailing arm forward most bush where the arm meets the chassis. The one that came out of here was hollow in 4 places but was also knacked, the workshop manual shows the fixing bolt bushing to be central.

Since none of the bushes that I removed seemed to be designed this way and the Mitsubishi manual makes no mention how should this bush be installed - as in the narrowest part of the bushing needs to be facing which direction.

I'm kind of tempted to fit everything else i.e. spring etc etc and see where it wants to be 'naturally' but I'm thinking that having the bushing nearest the front of the car would make most sense mechanically.

So if anyone has experience of doing the poly bushings on the rear I'd love to hear your experiences.

Ignore - found answer - the offset bolt hole sits at the 6 o'clock position in the chassis mounting hole - seems a little odd since this will impart a rotational force on the bush from the trailing arm but it's a place to start.

[Google]