After the surprise of a rapid straight-forward removal of the passenger side control arm (using the hammer head method for the ball-joint removal), trying to get the replacement arm and bush back in has taken very much longer. The main problem was lining up the bush housing, I was suprised how simple the arm was to get back onto the subframe but boy did that housing give me some grief!
As I read on many threads, getting the housing flat to the frame was the key. Both ball joints were in, as was the front bolt of the housing but the rear one just wouldnt go in. In the end, I reluctantly removed the front bolt to try to get the rear one in first. A bit of wiggling of the housing and the bolt started to bite, after 2 hours of struggling. As soon as it started to tighten up, the front one then went in without further issue. So glad to have the car back on its wheels and now ready for its long overdue MOT!!
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My 75 Tourer CDTi was born Saturday, 21st June 2003 @ 09:50
My 75 was the 18,749th 75 Tourer to run off the production line, out of 27,407
It was the 195th 75 Tourer CDT Connoisseur SE (135) to be made out of 2,074
and the 1,789th 75 Tourer in Wedgewood Blue Metallic (code: JEL) to be made out of 1,871 Wedgewood Blue Metallic 75 Tourers
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