Replacing the mustache bar bushings. Something's not right..

[caltanian]

Went and pulled the mustache bar today, as i had received the bushings for it in the mail, and have the nice long weekend to work on it. Burned out the old rubber, and cleaned everything up. Left the metal sleeve from the old busing in there.

From what i can tell, the lip on that metal should have been pushed out, but in the case of mine, its been pushed in. I can push the bushing in on one side, but not on the other.

I can take a photo if needed, but think of it as knurled in, rather than out. I'm at a loss now, as i have no idea what to do to get the bushings in now.

I hear rumors there are factory original ones out there, but without a press, its kinda hard to remove the old sleeve, and press in the new bushing.

Thanks in advance.

[Powderkeg]

Go to Atlantic Z car club.com and look under the the "Z tech Tips".

Look under Drivetrain" then "Moustache Bar".

Dave Ruiz

[caltanian]

Had seen that prior. I did the full burning and such to make it clean. The interior metal sleeve is not knurled out, its knurled in. There is no way to put both sides of the bushing in. It seems without "modification" i need to get the factory bushings.

[Zed Head]

What year car is it?

The bushings may have already been replaced in the past with factory bushings and the install caused some "non-factory" deformation. A picture would be interesting.

[Lupica]

I replaced the original rubber mustache bar bushings w/ pu ones in my '78 cpe by the same route (burning the rubber) and slid the new ones in. I'm not sure whether I saw inner metal sleeves when the rubber burned out. Perhaps like some Datsun parts are made, they differ from one year model to the other. Hope you do yours without much trouble.