Is this the source of my suspension movement/clonk ? pics

[murphyv310]

The outer ring of the bush that's left in the holder needs to be drifted out if you are going to fit Powerflex bushes.


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[NigelOBB]

Originally Posted by murphyv310

The outer ring of the bush that's left in the holder needs to be drifted out if you are going to fit Powerflex bushes.


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Yeah job for a warmer day though, just getting feeling back in my hands 😖. Shouldn’t take much to remove as the rubber is just crumbling.


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[Mike Noc]

Little tip for getting the old ones off if they are tight on the lower arms; cut through the rubber and get the housings off, then hacksaw the inner ring just so it splits and they as good as fall off.

Used to follow the official method of removing the anti roll bar clamps, but after doing a few I just undo the two bolts holding the rear bush and leave everything else in place.

[NigelOBB]

Originally Posted by Mike Noc

Little tip for getting the old ones off if they are tight on the lower arms; cut through the rubber and get the housings off, then hacksaw the inner ring just so it splits and they as good as fall off.

Used to follow the official method of removing the anti roll bar clamps, but after doing a few I just undo the two bolts holding the rear bush and leave everything else in place.

That’s exactly what I do, once you’ve crack to the bolt they normally come out easily. Well sometimes lol


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[Mangizmo]

All good, fitted today, now drives like new, thanks to all who helped again, I must pay this years club fee again, worth every penny, love this car :-)

[IMG]rov2 by Mangizmo Brean, on Flickr[/IMG]

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[NigelOBB]

Originally Posted by Mangizmo

All good, fitted today, now drives like new, thanks to all who helped again, I must pay this years club fee again, worth every penny, love this car :-)



[IMG]rov2 by Mangizmo Brean, on Flickr[/IMG]



[IMG]rov22 by Mangizmo Brean, on Flickr[/IMG]

Nice one 😁


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[Arctic]

Hi Vaughan.
Nice to hear you are sorted, also a nice car what bushes did you go with in the end? did garage fit them for you or did you have a go your self Arctic

[Mangizmo]

Originally Posted by Arctic

Hi Vaughan.
Nice to hear you are sorted, also a nice car what bushes did you go with in the end? did garage fit them for you or did you have a go your self Arctic

Hi, I contacted DMGRS and he assured me that the pattern had changed and that they were genuine although there are cheaper copies of the same pattern around so I fitted the ones from DMGRS, for a living I am now a freelance photogrpher and one of my customers (a Peugot main dealer ) fitted them in return for some promo photographs of his dealership/staff/workshop etc which I will be doing today, so it all worked out ok, the mechanic did say there was a slight weep fromthe steering rack....not bad, do you know anything about that kind of problem ?
Cheers Vaughan

[rustymotor]

Hi, that's good you got the bushes fitted and again nice car!
What folk will be interested in is how long those type bushes actually last Vaughn compared with the more rubber design.

[Arctic]

Cheers Vaughan

When you first posted and said you had bought them from DMGRS I thought they were different to the ones a local member purchased from him in 2015, whom came to mine to ask if I would fit them.

At that time as I always do I took a few photo which are here below.
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As you can see they have the more substantial rubber inserts.
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3

I wonder if he as changed supplier? or they have changed the pattern i am sure he will tell you if you asked ? but they certainly don't look as good as the previous ones above that was sold to the local member.