Xsara VTS suspension overhaul plus upgrade (hopefully)

[budd]

I've prdred some Powerflex front wishbone bushes and some of the alloy type P bushes from ebay, they are cheap at under £16 the pr so I'll see how long they last, I may have to go for the Powerflex one if they fail premuturely, but they'll do for now, I'll get the track rod ends and ball joint from my normal parts supplier I can't get them any cheaper online.
One of the other things I knew needed some attention was the rear lower engine mount, I understand they are quite weak and allow the engine to rock back and forth, it's something I've noticed with the Xsara I'm not sure if the 306 suffers from the same thing but it needed sorting, I've already stiffened up the O/S upper mount as it was allowing the engine to lift so much it was hitting the strut brace not ideal !!! the easy fix is a poly replacement which at £30 ish isn't to bad but I thought I'd try another fix and save some money by making my own well not really making my own more filling the old one with resin
first job is to cu away some rubber from the OE bush to allow the resin to flow around it

then I sealed up one side of the bush to keep the new resin in place, then I mixed up some resin adding some red dye to give it a better look

then I poured it into the old bush, pouring it nice and slow so it gets into all the corners

the finished article which looks good and well hopefully set to around 95A shore hardness, this should beef up the OE bush nicely

it should be cured by tomorrow so I'll see then if going to work or not

Also while I was stripping the brakes I found some tell tale signs of how hot they’ve been getting, notice drips or rivulets along edge of the pad, this was the wear indicator which as simply melted, all the wear indicators suffered the same fate although the melted plastic came off no problem and they cleaned up fine and still having plenty of meat left on them they’ll be retained