Thanks Colin I will give it a go although my weight lifter impression will not be up to much. I do agree re the stiction as I think I have the hygroscopic Devol bushes as well so very relevant. If you leave the car for a long period I get the impression the front feels tighter. It’s not a great problem to me, more a curious observation and I’m always pondering what to do next.
Hi Roger, yup I had an 02 +8 on Devols and for sure they swell and the 'stiction' was very noticeable. Not sure when they stopped fitting them though? One clue I was told, not tested for 100% accuracy but it makes sense, is to look at your top bolt, DEVOL cars had a plain top bolt, in other words no grease nipple or oiler pipe. Apart from that its a case of pulling it apart to be 100% sure. I am sure your aware of this but the recommended course of action if you ever replace the pins is to go for Hardchrome and Phosphor Bronze bushes, they have to be oversized O/D as the stubs have been machined to a larger internal diameter, these are readily available from Peter Mulberry, new top biolts and grease nipples will soon cure that stiction, have a read what Phil Royal wrote recently ;-).
