While cleaning the wheels and arches to day Id thought Id take a look at the console and ARB bush and i get the occasional knock from the front....but I dont know what a knackered one looks like.

Anyone help?

Stephen

And a cheeky one of my clean arches

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After

While cleaning the wheels and arches to day Id thought Id take a look at the console and ARB bush and i get the occasional knock from the front....but I dont know what a knackered one looks like.

Anyone help?

Stephen

And a cheeky one of my clean arches

Before

After

Hi Steve,

The best way to check, get something like a crow-bar and stick behind the bar and see if there is any play in the rubber, and sort of do the same with the consul bushes, but do the checks with the car on all fours (not jacked up)

Looking at the pictures(and only what it looks like) picky 2 and 4 look a bit suspect, but down to get down and dirty I am afraid !

PS what happened to the last Picky ? (its all blue)

Radiotwo

Edited 19 January, 201016 yr by RADIOTWO

Picture 3 shows that the console bush is starting to split. When the ARB goes the plastic collars split and allow the bar to move across the car and it can hit sub frame. Your bar looks to be the later type with metal collars and they look to be intact.

They look on the way out unfortunately, time to get some cupra bushes in there, FYI putting a bar in and moving the wishbone will tell you nothing as even brand new you can flex the bush to it's limit easily hth !!

Cheers guys I thought they might be, hopefully they'll last a few more months.

Btw the second pic came out blue as the flash didnt go off.