30-06-2016, 12:11 PM
unless you have access to a press, i would not go genuine bottom mount.
To go with the genuine ones, you need to drop the drivers wheel, and pull the drive shaft, then you have access to the mount it sits in, which has to be removed from the car to be done.
Or if you want to do it your self, fit PowerFlex. The only gripe i have with it, is on tickover my dash rattles. thats it... it is a piece of piss to fit,
i hole bored the old rubber out, (biggest hole saw i could fit in there without damaging the casting) then used a hacksaw to cut the outer sleeve. Then it simply taps out. Putting the new bush in if it is PowerFlex is a case of grease it up, slip in one half, slip the other half in, then push the inner sleeve through, and boom, your done all apart from buttoning up.
It is quite literally a 45 min job, 30 if your lucky, an hour if your not.
To go with the genuine ones, you need to drop the drivers wheel, and pull the drive shaft, then you have access to the mount it sits in, which has to be removed from the car to be done.
Or if you want to do it your self, fit PowerFlex. The only gripe i have with it, is on tickover my dash rattles. thats it... it is a piece of piss to fit,
i hole bored the old rubber out, (biggest hole saw i could fit in there without damaging the casting) then used a hacksaw to cut the outer sleeve. Then it simply taps out. Putting the new bush in if it is PowerFlex is a case of grease it up, slip in one half, slip the other half in, then push the inner sleeve through, and boom, your done all apart from buttoning up.
It is quite literally a 45 min job, 30 if your lucky, an hour if your not.
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