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[Kevin Wood]

There's quite a lot of movement on the front bush anyway. The question is how much force is needed to deflect it. It probably needs a "trained hand" to know, TBH.

Suppose I ought to mention Curry?

It's a fair assumption that the front bushes won't be great, and probably the rears too. My approach would still be a genuine/decent rear bush, a poly bush and refit the existing wishbones as that would be a longer lasting fix, IMHO.

[Kevin Wood]

Oh, probably ought to check mine (again! they were fine last night!) after some stupid witch in a Range Rover 3 times too big for her forced me off the road and up a bank this morning.

[tunnie]

There's quite a lot of movement on the front bush anyway. The question is how much force is needed to deflect it. It probably needs a "trained hand" to know, TBH.

Suppose I ought to mention Curry?

It's a fair assumption that the front bushes won't be great, and probably the rears too. My approach would still be a genuine/decent rear bush, a poly bush and refit the existing wishbones as that would be a longer lasting fix, IMHO.

Sounds like a plan to me, along with curry in-between 

[Lazydocker]

There's quite a lot of movement on the front bush anyway. The question is how much force is needed to deflect it. It probably needs a "trained hand" to know, TBH.

If Tunnie can move it then it's probably too much

[tunnie]

There's quite a lot of movement on the front bush anyway. The question is how much force is needed to deflect it. It probably needs a "trained hand" to know, TBH.

If Tunnie can move it then it's probably too much

I should clarify what moves when I push on the breaker bar, its me, not the bush   

[aaronjb]

A 12" long persuader screwdriver and little pressure is required to make mine flop around like .. a floppy thing. I think that might be the definition of "past their best"..

If Tunnie needs a breaker bar, maybe they're not as bad as all that! 

[tunnie]

A 12" long persuader screwdriver and little pressure is required to make mine flop around like .. a floppy thing. I think that might be the definition of "past their best"..

If Tunnie needs a breaker bar, maybe they're not as bad as all that! 

Do I smell a wishbone party with curry and extra crisps? 

[aaronjb]

A 12" long persuader screwdriver and little pressure is required to make mine flop around like .. a floppy thing. I think that might be the definition of "past their best"..

If Tunnie needs a breaker bar, maybe they're not as bad as all that! 

Do I smell a wishbone party with curry and extra crisps? 

Well, I do have a nice damp warm garage here.. although I think Chris might be afraid to set foot in it after I roped him in to wrestling with a stinky Jaguar diff last time he was here

[Lazydocker]

A 12" long persuader screwdriver and little pressure is required to make mine flop around like .. a floppy thing. I think that might be the definition of "past their best"..

If Tunnie needs a breaker bar, maybe they're not as bad as all that! 

Do I smell a wishbone party with curry and extra crisps? 

Someone say Curry and Crisps?

[TheBoy]

I haven't had curry since, errr, last night

[Lazydocker]

I haven't had curry since, errr, last night

Been quite a while since I had one

[feeutfo]

Who's this expert I keep hearing about? ...

Needs a look up its skirt first.

What's the betting? Any other car would have its suspension arms dragging along clonking and clanging behind it by now, in a "just married" stylee.

But then we have the Tunsters driving style applying absolutely zero stress to the chassis.

Bah, who am I kidding. It's all shagged isn't it.


Bring it round Mark, lets have a look at the bugger. But i suspect advice will be the same as on the 3.2. Iirc...?

[Kevin Wood]

Bring it round Mark, lets have a look at the bugger. But i suspect advice will be the same as on the 3.2. Iirc...?

What would that be? "Too powerful for your driving style"

[feeutfo]

Btw, I have yet to encounter a "cheap" wishbone that wasn't fit for the bin from new, due to utterly appalling bushes.

You may hear story's about reasonable life from some cheap makes, but unless they are cut open to on firm the innards there is no way of knowing what the construction is like.

Don't go there.

[tunnie]

I haven't had curry since, errr, last night

Been quite a while since I had one

Have to get you around 

Who's this expert I keep hearing about? ...

Needs a look up its skirt first.

What's the betting? Any other car would have its suspension arms dragging along clonking and clanging behind it by now, in a "just married" stylee.

But then we have the Tunsters driving style applying absolutely zero stress to the chassis.

Bah, who am I kidding. It's all shagged isn't it.


Bring it round Mark, lets have a look at the bugger. But i suspect advice will be the same as on the 3.2. Iirc...?

Cheers Chris 

Is it actually worth bringing it around for a check? Thing is if we are going to effort of replacing front bush, might as well do rear while there?

Still in two minds, just stick lemforder in there or poly front and genuine rear on current ones

Given I've done 80k at least on current set, would my driving style destroy new ones as quickly as some have suggested? Somehow I doubt it, I tend to get much more from things like tyres than anyone else