upper rear suspension arms

[Mechanical Genius]

Thinking about that Bri,if the hole is not central the drain holes will not line up with the cut outs in the rubber spring cushion.

[marinabrian]

Originally Posted by Mechanical Genius

Brian,I just fitted an O/S one to an early V6 yesterday with ARB and all seemed OK but i will check them out.I got a couple of full sets when they were on offer,tried to get more today but they have gone up in price now.

Can your phone receive picture messages?, I'll send you a pic

[clf]

Originally Posted by marinabrian

So can you see what is wrong with the arm in that picture Alan

No lol. (are you saying the locator for the isolator is out of position?

This was the image I was trying to link to, hard to make anything out in it though.



The arms and springs all were quite straightforward, with everything seemingly seating ok.

The arms themselves were purchased nearly 3 years ago now, and were apparently the last of the then batch.

[clf]

The image in this EBay ad show the non central ARB bracket

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROVER-75-...4383.l4275.c10

[Mechanical Genius]

Originally Posted by marinabrian

Can your phone receive picture messages?, I'll send you a pic

Can you e mail it or messenger

[marinabrian]

Originally Posted by clf

No lol. (are you saying the locator for the isolator is out of position?

This was the image I was trying to link to, hard to make anything out in it though.



The arms and springs all were quite straightforward, with everything seemingly seating ok.

The arms themselves were purchased nearly 3 years ago now, and were apparently the last of the then batch.

That is exactly what I'm saying Alan, along with the bracket for the anti roll bar

For some reason I cannot get the picture to upload, I have a picture of the old one against the new, and it's as plain as day

[clf]

Originally Posted by marinabrian

That is exactly what I'm saying Alan, along with the bracket for the anti roll bar

For some reason I cannot get the picture to upload, I have a picture of the old one against the new, and it's as plain as day

They are the ones I have fitted, bought nearly 3 years ago, (but fitted last September). I cannot find the original image, to crop a larger resolution of it, but you can see in them, that the ARB bracket is quite central. So perhaps it is a batch issue. In saying that, and looking at the various ebay listings, the ARB brackets all seem to be of centre.

[clf]

This is the old one

[IMG]upper arrn 2 by clf1592, on Flickr[/IMG]

[marinabrian]

Originally Posted by Mechanical Genius

Can you e mail it or messenger

For some reason I can't seem to email the picture from my phone Gary

But after measuring the isolator mounting hole, it appears to be 10mm further inboard, meaning the isolator fouls the radius part of the spring pan.

I've removed the spring from the isolator, and it's possible to stand on the centre to push it through the hole, and rotate it to lock it into place, but the flat section is raised up and I suspect the only cure would be to reduce the diameter of the isolator by cutting 5mm overall from the diameter.

The drainage holes do line up with the cutouts, I shall have to take some more measurements tomorrow to see if the position of the spring relative to the fulcrum bolt, and outer bolt remains the same as the original, and then work out if it will be necessary to cut off the ARB bracket and weld it back in the correct position.

You don't expect to have to fettle genuine parts though, to say I'm disappointed is an understatement

Brian

[clf]

Originally Posted by marinabrian

For some reason I can't seem to email the picture from my phone Gary

But after measuring the isolator mounting hole, it appears to be 10mm further inboard, meaning the isolator fouls the radius part of the spring pan.

I've removed the spring from the isolator, and it's possible to stand on the centre to push it through the hole, and rotate it to lock it into place, but the flat section is raised up and I suspect the only cure would be to reduce the diameter of the isolator by cutting 5mm overall from the diameter.

The drainage holes do line up with the cutouts, I shall have to take some more measurements tomorrow to see if the position of the spring relative to the fulcrum bolt, and outer bolt remains the same as the original, and then work out if it will be necessary to cut off the ARB bracket and weld it back in the correct position.

You don't expect to have to fettle genuine parts though, to say I'm disappointed is an understatement

Brian

I wonder if the Roewe 750 has a different ARB set up to both MG7 and 75/ZT?