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Has anyone ever fitted these before? I got a set for my front wishbones (front and rear bush) and found that I had to trim some length off the front bushes as when they are pressed into the wishbone, they seem to push against eachother and dont go all the way in.
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Had this problem when i fitted mine, seems to be pretty common. Reported it to them at time, but they obviously havent done anything about it. :roll:
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i done mine yesterday, and as they where popping back out the wishbone, i used a wratchet strap around the subframe and wishbone to pull it in, then used a big screwdriver to squeeze the bushes in... then realise that you had to fit the P bush before the front went in, so it had to come out again then i just decided to trim the bushes down a little so they wouldnt bulge out as much.. but my god! getting the P bush bolted down was just something else!
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what part did you do first? bolt the P Bush and then push the front bushes in? or the other way round?
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Can't remember tbh lol, think i got the Pbush done first. Not my favourite job in the world in any case.
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One bolt in p-bush to begin with - so you can still move the wishbone easily - then do the front bushes, then finish bolting everything up.
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If they're too wide to get in, that's usually because the side to side clearance where the original ones went are SLIGHTLY less than the ones you're trying to fit... Usually requires a bit of action with a hammer/crowbar/similar to widen them, slip them in then when you do up the bolts, it tends to crush down again...
Happened on both my car and Ed Does car... Admittedly not on Powerflex mounts, but stock ones do it too..
(16-05-2016, 10:45 AM)Toms306 Wrote: Oh I don't care about the stripped threads lol, that's easily solved by hammering the bolt in.
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