Eeza
3rd January 2009, 23:43
My wife had been complaing that Poppy had been making a few bumping and banging noises for a few weeks so decided to have a look under the front of the car to see if I could see anything obvious.
Now the offside Anti Roll bar bush was very badly worn and was allowing the roll bar to strike the bulkhead and suspension upright.
I thought I better get them sorted so here’s how I did it.
Firstly assemble your tools… You will need a 13 and 16 mm Socket. A little bit of lubricant to help ease the holder back onto the new bush a decent car Jack and a set of stands for added safety, most importantly a new Bolt.
I went to B&Q and purchased a bolt for the anti roll bar brackets that was about 10mm longer the original. Without this It would have been VERY difficult to replace the holding bracket.
Firstly jack the car up at the rear of the front subframe and then place an axel stand under the bottom wishbone. The jack will support the frame and the stand is there just for safety.
http://www.eeza.co.uk/Refurb/PICT0435.JPG
Once the cars in the air remove the 16mm nut on the top of the drop link where it is bolted to the anti roll bar.
http://www.eeza.co.uk/Refurb/PICT0433.JPG
Then remove the 13mm bolt from the rear of the anti roll bar bush bracket. It’s a little fiddly in there but you should get the bracket of by gently teasing it off the bush with a screwdriver
Once its off get the new bush and lubricate the surface that touches the bracket to make assembly a little easier.
By pulling the antiroll bar back towards the rear of the car you can squeeze the new bush into position on the bar. Once its in the correct position replace the metal bush holder on the rubber bush and fiddle it back into position.
Now you will find that the new bush has made putting the bolt in the bracket almost impossible as it seems unnecessarily short. This is where the new bolt comes in.
http://www.eeza.co.uk/Refurb/PICT0437.JPG
Place the bolt through the bracket and use the 13mm socket to drive it home until tight. Now remove the bolt again and you should have squeezed the rubber bush up enough
to be able to get the original bolt back in. (Sorry about that picture I will get a better one...)
http://www.eeza.co.uk/Refurb/PICT0434.JPG
Tighten it up all the way and then replace the nut on the drop link you removed previously.
I had figured on a 3 hour job and to be honest it was about that from start to finish.
The first one took a full two hours but when doing the other side you knew what had to be done so it’s a lot easier.
Its fiddly but not at all beyond a competent person with a few basic tools
Oh and what a difference Poppy is as quiet as a mouse over the bumps !
Now the offside Anti Roll bar bush was very badly worn and was allowing the roll bar to strike the bulkhead and suspension upright.
I thought I better get them sorted so here’s how I did it.
Firstly assemble your tools… You will need a 13 and 16 mm Socket. A little bit of lubricant to help ease the holder back onto the new bush a decent car Jack and a set of stands for added safety, most importantly a new Bolt.
I went to B&Q and purchased a bolt for the anti roll bar brackets that was about 10mm longer the original. Without this It would have been VERY difficult to replace the holding bracket.
Firstly jack the car up at the rear of the front subframe and then place an axel stand under the bottom wishbone. The jack will support the frame and the stand is there just for safety.
http://www.eeza.co.uk/Refurb/PICT0435.JPG
Once the cars in the air remove the 16mm nut on the top of the drop link where it is bolted to the anti roll bar.
http://www.eeza.co.uk/Refurb/PICT0433.JPG
Then remove the 13mm bolt from the rear of the anti roll bar bush bracket. It’s a little fiddly in there but you should get the bracket of by gently teasing it off the bush with a screwdriver
Once its off get the new bush and lubricate the surface that touches the bracket to make assembly a little easier.
By pulling the antiroll bar back towards the rear of the car you can squeeze the new bush into position on the bar. Once its in the correct position replace the metal bush holder on the rubber bush and fiddle it back into position.
Now you will find that the new bush has made putting the bolt in the bracket almost impossible as it seems unnecessarily short. This is where the new bolt comes in.
http://www.eeza.co.uk/Refurb/PICT0437.JPG
Place the bolt through the bracket and use the 13mm socket to drive it home until tight. Now remove the bolt again and you should have squeezed the rubber bush up enough
to be able to get the original bolt back in. (Sorry about that picture I will get a better one...)
http://www.eeza.co.uk/Refurb/PICT0434.JPG
Tighten it up all the way and then replace the nut on the drop link you removed previously.
I had figured on a 3 hour job and to be honest it was about that from start to finish.
The first one took a full two hours but when doing the other side you knew what had to be done so it’s a lot easier.
Its fiddly but not at all beyond a competent person with a few basic tools
Oh and what a difference Poppy is as quiet as a mouse over the bumps !