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[tidla]

http://www.allgermanparts.co.uk/aboutus.html

says they regularly export to the usa.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Ok, the idler arm has a single moving part to allow it to rotate.

The failure is that the rubber bush wears causing slop and additional movement.

A fix is to replace the rubber insert with a machined poly bush which repalces the rubber.

In this case a work around has been used by packing the rubber with epoxy to remove the slack.

Considering the design and mounting of this part, I cant see it being dangerous and certainly no worse than the worn bush.

[car5car]

Thanks, Mark!
I guess, inner sleeve should turn over axle. In this case there should be grease between inner sleeve and axle. There was no grease there, that is why inner sleeve was worn out, creating free play.
Do you grease new idler arm before installing it?

[feeutfo]

No grease.

The metal inner sleeve is static to the axle, the rotation is between the rubber and the inner sleeve.

[Marks DTM Calib]

No grease.

The metal inner sleeve is static to the axle, the rotation is between the rubber and the inner sleeve.