BURT150
Senior Member
For a while now iv had a knocking from the front end on my veccy and it got anoying to say the least.
Iv been through new shocks,springs, all parts of the top mounts, ARB bushes, Drop links and checked pritty much every other front end part god knows how many times and finaly yesterday i had a look at the front subframe bushes, I pryed one about and realised how much play are acualy in them. I looked at the rear bushes aswell and noticed that it had droped and must of been knockin against the triangular stay bracket bellow it. So that was looking pritty positive for where the knocking was coming from
Anyway i had a bit of a mooch on the net and there are a couple of threads on vvoc with information about repair washers from vx that are used to pull up the bushes and take the play out of them.
Me being a tight git tho and having an abundance of sh*t in the garage found a couple of heavy washers to do the job. so i pulled up the front two and the rear two subframe bushes and left the middle two alone as there wasnt much play in them.
And after all that jobs a f**kin good'un
No more nocking and it made the car feel alot better.
I think for all veccy b owners this is a must. Especially s/c terorist veccys with uprated engine mounts
From what i have read true or not The vx part number for these washers are#90468553 and are just under £2 each so for that price its well worth it.
It worked a treat for me so i thought id better share my findings
Hope this helps.
Iv been through new shocks,springs, all parts of the top mounts, ARB bushes, Drop links and checked pritty much every other front end part god knows how many times and finaly yesterday i had a look at the front subframe bushes, I pryed one about and realised how much play are acualy in them. I looked at the rear bushes aswell and noticed that it had droped and must of been knockin against the triangular stay bracket bellow it. So that was looking pritty positive for where the knocking was coming from
Anyway i had a bit of a mooch on the net and there are a couple of threads on vvoc with information about repair washers from vx that are used to pull up the bushes and take the play out of them.
Me being a tight git tho and having an abundance of sh*t in the garage found a couple of heavy washers to do the job. so i pulled up the front two and the rear two subframe bushes and left the middle two alone as there wasnt much play in them.
And after all that jobs a f**kin good'un
No more nocking and it made the car feel alot better.
I think for all veccy b owners this is a must. Especially s/c terorist veccys with uprated engine mounts
From what i have read true or not The vx part number for these washers are#90468553 and are just under £2 each so for that price its well worth it.
It worked a treat for me so i thought id better share my findings
Hope this helps.