Front lower wishbones issue - poor fitting/parts?

[drewbie]

Surely as long as all parts are clean and a thin coating of anti seize grease applied there should be no need to remove metal to make them fit correctly.

[COLVERT]

Just done mine.------Reputable make.

Your pics show the rubber bushes coming out of the steel housing.
Badly made and need immediate replacement.

[Mike Noc]

Originally Posted by drewbie

Surely as long as all parts are clean and a thin coating of anti seize grease applied there should be no need to remove metal to make them fit correctly.

You'd like to think so but pattern parts can be a bit hit and miss. Could be a combination of the arms being just that bit over the tolerance and the bushes just that bit under.

Either way I wouldn't use the garage that fitted them again as they should have spotted the problem and corrected it either with a file or different parts, not just kept going until the bushes were pushed out of their housings.

I had the same problem when fitting Powerflex bushes. Had to take a fair bit off the pattern arms to make them fit correctly.

[COLVERT]

Originally Posted by Mike Noc

You'd like to think so but pattern parts can be a bit hit and miss. Could be a combination of the arms being just that bit over the tolerance and the bushes just that bit under.

Either way I wouldn't use the garage that fitted them again as they should have spotted the problem and corrected it either with a file or different parts, not just kept going until the bushes were pushed out of their housings.

I had the same problem when fitting Powerflex bushes. Had to take a fair bit off the pattern arms to make them fit correctly.

I'd hazard a guess that the garage itself caused the problems by trying to fit poorly made parts to try and keep the costs down.---

( Or the fitter had a really big lump hammer.-----)

[Mike Noc]

Either way Jon, looking at the photos, that is a really shoddy job.

[Typhoon190]

I would say they haven't been fitted correctly, and potentially the parts are sub-standard, though it's difficult to blame the part manufacturer after they've been fitted incorrectly.

The rubber inner should be a tight fit as it moves into the correct location on the lower arm which from memory has a taper. If the fitter has fitted it on the lower arm by pressing the outer housing it will just damage the inner.

I would take those pictures to the garage that fitted these and see what their response is.

[KeithA]

Thanks all for the comments. I'll be visiting the garage tomorrow so will report back the outcome!

Does anybody have any thoughts about the fact the o/s bush seems to have a plastic outer, whereas the n/s is metal? Every picture I can see online has a metal outer.

It seems we have concluded that the o/s bush is well out of position, either by being badly fitted (likely by hammering the outer onto the arm) or it has detached after correct fitting and worked it's way back along the arm.... Whichever case it needs replacing, and the n/s appears to be going the same way.

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[ceedy]

I had a pair of arms a while ago.

Only fitted one so far.

But the hexagon ends were 2 sizes one was 27mm. AF. Which is correct.and the other was 29mm AF ..way oversize.

So a very poor "pair".

[COLVERT]

Originally Posted by ceedy

I had a pair of arms a while ago.

Only fitted one so far.

But the hexagon ends were 2 sizes one was 27mm. AF. Which is correct.and the other was 29mm AF ..way oversize.

So a very poor "pair".

Obviously a RUBBISH manufacturer.----

[COLVERT]

Originally Posted by KeithA

Thanks all for the comments. I'll be visiting the garage tomorrow so will report back the outcome!

Does anybody have any thoughts about the fact the o/s bush seems to have a plastic outer, whereas the n/s is metal? Every picture I can see online has a metal outer.

It seems we have concluded that the o/s bush is well out of position, either by being badly fitted (likely by hammering the outer onto the arm) or it has detached after correct fitting and worked it's way back along the arm.... Whichever case it needs replacing, and the n/s appears to be going the same way.

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Looking closely at your pics they do both look like metal. A quick rub with a file will soon tell.

I think a plastic item in that place would be dangerous.---