Car in for MOT. Garage rung to tell me front lower wishbone bushes
worn and need replacing. Everything else ok.

Just wondered if I would notice this when driving as this Mondy
handles very well and everything feels tight.

Have agreed to replace whole wishbones.

Rockingrabbit

On 26/08/2010 11:12, Rockingrabbit wrote:
Car in for MOT. Garage rung to tell me front lower wishbone bushes
worn and need replacing. Everything else ok.

Just wondered if I would notice this when driving as this Mondy
handles very well and everything feels tight.

Have agreed to replace whole wishbones.

Rockingrabbit

If they were real bad, you'd get a vibration like a warped disc when
braking. If they've not got to that point, you'll notice no improvement.

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Conor
www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk

On 26 Aug, 15:13, Conor wrote:
On 26/08/2010 11:12, Rockingrabbit wrote:

Car in for MOT. Garage rung to tell me front lower wishbone bushes
worn and need replacing. Everything else ok.

Just wondered if I would notice this when driving as this Mondy
handles very well and everything feels tight.

Have agreed to replace whole wishbones.

Rockingrabbit

If they were real bad, you'd get a vibration like a warped disc when
braking. If they've not got to that point, you'll notice no improvement.

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Conorwww.notebooks-r-us.co.uk

Just got it back. £200 lighter including the cost of the MOT. Just
curious about the bolt on the near side where its close to gearbox.
Its got the nut uppermost, is that ok as thought it was other way
round before. I know its tricky to get bolt in on that side.

Rockingrabbit wrote:
On 26 Aug, 15:13, Conor wrote:
On 26/08/2010 11:12, Rockingrabbit wrote:

Car in for MOT. Garage rung to tell me front lower wishbone bushes
worn and need replacing. Everything else ok.

Just wondered if I would notice this when driving as this Mondy
handles very well and everything feels tight.

Have agreed to replace whole wishbones.

Rockingrabbit

If they were real bad, you'd get a vibration like a warped disc when
braking. If they've not got to that point, you'll notice no
improvement.

--
Conorwww.notebooks-r-us.co.uk

Just got it back. £200 lighter including the cost of the MOT. Just
curious about the bolt on the near side where its close to gearbox.
Its got the nut uppermost, is that ok as thought it was other way
round before. I know its tricky to get bolt in on that side.

as long as the thread does not go up significantly above the nut then it is
fine, if it is too long it can dig a hole in the gearbox.

On 26/08/2010 15:42, Rockingrabbit wrote:

Just got it back. £200 lighter including the cost of the MOT. Just
curious about the bolt on the near side where its close to gearbox.
Its got the nut uppermost, is that ok as thought it was other way
round before. I know its tricky to get bolt in on that side.

When I did mine I just cut off the old bolt and fitted the new one
upside down. Seems your garage took the same route.

On 26 Aug, 16:02, Willy Eckerslyke wrote:
On 26/08/2010 15:42, Rockingrabbit wrote:

Just got it back. £200 lighter including the cost of the MOT. Just
curious about the bolt on the near side where its close to gearbox.
Its got the nut uppermost, is that ok as thought it was other way
round before. I know its tricky to get bolt in on that side.

When I did mine I just cut off the old bolt and fitted the new one
upside down. Seems your garage took the same route.

End of bolt is flush with nut so all seems ok. Looks very tight for
space there. Would hate to do that job myself.

Thanks
Rockingrabbit

On 26 Aug, 15:13, Conor wrote:
On 26/08/2010 11:12, Rockingrabbit wrote:

Car in for MOT. Garage rung to tell me front lower wishbone bushes
worn and need replacing. Everything else ok.

Just wondered if I would notice this when driving as this Mondy
handles very well and everything feels tight.

Have agreed to replace whole wishbones.

Rockingrabbit

If they were real bad, you'd get a vibration like a warped disc when
braking. If they've not got to that point, you'll notice no improvement.

Thinking about it I did sometimes get this if braking hard on downward
slope. Once I got slight vibration but mostly was a feeling of
variable braking force at the last point of braking before stationary
when the car rests back on suspension after heavy use of brakes.

To put it another way, its like I was slightly pressing on and off the
brake pedal while still under high braking force. Very very slightly
though. I thought it might be warped discs. We will see if its ok
after I give it a proper test drive when its stopped raining.

On 26/08/2010 16:27, Rockingrabbit wrote:

To put it another way, its like I was slightly pressing on and off the
brake pedal while still under high braking force. Very very slightly
though. I thought it might be warped discs. We will see if its ok
after I give it a proper test drive when its stopped raining.

Been there and did that with the wifes to the point of changing the discs.

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Conor
www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk

Rockingrabbit wrote in news:8f413ab5-fe3d-412f-
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Car in for MOT. Garage rung to tell me front lower wishbone bushes
worn and need replacing. Everything else ok.

Just wondered if I would notice this when driving as this Mondy
handles very well and everything feels tight.

Have agreed to replace whole wishbones.

Rockingrabbit

Before I did my wishbones on the Mondeo MK2, it pulled one way under
acceleration, and the other way under braking. As others have said, the
upside down bolt is a quicker and much cheaper way of doing it.

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