control arm support

[mantiss]

Hy chaps,

Has eny one fitted replacement wishbone aly rubber supports ,front rear ones with three bolts. Mot advise ,are they straight foreward, ore is there some pitfalls .

eny advise would be welcome.

Thanks

Chas.

[0wl]

Your description sounds like the console bushes and yes lots of people have changed them.

Most people either replace the full console bush (aluminium housing with bush inside) or press the bush out of the housing and just replace that. If doing DIY, the first option is easier, but costs a little more.

Look on eurocarparts, put your reg in and look for the suspension bushes section, you'll probably find something similar to this:

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Skoda_Octavia_2.0_2007/p/car-parts/suspension-and-steering/suspension/suspension-bushes/?610441425&1&bf8ea4edc70964a5b37487ea768ec814d76d8133&000437

The above is a left hand bush, but might not be the exact one for your car though, make sure you lookup the correct parts (left and right) using the reg number search function.

[brad1.8T]

This is the bush by itself.  It's actually the Audi S3 unit which has a bit less movement than the Skoda item.

 

http://www.eurocarparts.com/search/610442065/p/home

 

If you haven't a press or the correct sized drifts then you should be able to cut the old bush out with some judicious hacksaw work & press the new one in using a big vice or maybe a G-clamp.  Probably easier to take a 6-pack to the local garage though.

[mantiss]

Thanks

Bought 2 from eurocar parts,complete housing units for 28 pound and a few pence the pair .

Look like the original.