Wishbone bush...

[Martin_C]

Hey, I noticed a knocking noise when driving slow... I think I found it;

 

 

Should I Replace The rear bush (poly or normal?) or the full wishbone? The car isn't anything special but I'd rather not be wasting money on crappy parts.

 

Cheers. 

[Day-VRS]

The arms dont look like they're corroded so just have them removed, polybush and refit. You'll notice nore steering feel too. Helps keep the geometry in shape too:)

Day

[karlbar2k]

It is far easier to get hold of new arms with the bushes fitted, then a simple job to swap the whole arm and no cutting out and replacing of the bush which is a PITA

[Day-VRS]

The bushes come out fairly easy. Worth the hard work. 

 

Day

[Martin_C]

From what I've read superpro bushes are preferred over powerflex? Where's the best place to buy em? Cheers guys!

[marcevs72]

replaced all 4 bushes on both sides last week and took 25 minutes.easy to do and lots cheaper than new complete wishbones.

[IulianE]

ARB bushes looks bad also

[snow_muncher]

ARB bushes looks bad also

 

+1

 

Bet you've got more fubar bushes hiding away too

 

Worth going on a little hunt and then hitting as one job

[demonufo]

I'd suspect the ARB bushes are the more likely candidate for the knock...

[karlbar2k]

Standard bushes are fine if you don't drive hard. If you want oem but better then you can use the more solid TT/cupra ones for the rears. Poly bushing can be costly.

+1 for checking the arb bushes as they do fail a lot.

[mbames]

+several for the ARB bushes.

 

Although I used to have a knock (going over speedbumps) which was the wishbone.

 

I borrowed a press and replaced all the wishbone bushes (bought from my local motor factors).  The hardest part was lining up the wishbone in the press nicely!

[demonufo]

Yup. Easier to fit Poly. Given that the OEM arms are only about £30 each (or were, at least...) it's easier to fit a new arm than bother with replacing standard bushes. Upgrading is a different story.

[Steven89]

I currently have superpro arb and both front and back wishbone bushes fitted to my vrs and the difference is definitely worth the hard work