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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: 1.8Tgolf_Chris on 01 May 2014, 16:51
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Need my rear beam bushes changed as thev been banging for a while
Trying to find a good quote to fit these , Found a vw specialist in crawley want £280 supply and fit that is ridiculous
Few local garages will do them for £160 labour
Anyone recommend a place to fit these I might as well drive miles to get them fitted if its cheaper
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not too bad a job to do yourself mate, you just need a tool to press them in
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not too bad a job to do yourself mate, you just need a tool to press them in
Id probably give it a go with a helping hand, but I dont so its a job for someone else :P
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I just bought some rear Powerflex bushes, which cost me £63 and my mechanical mate is going to fit them with the engine mount bushes too. I don't think I will cost that much to fit them. I suppose it depends on how long it takes!
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not too bad a job to do yourself mate, you just need a tool to press them in
Id probably give it a go with a helping hand, but I dont so its a job for someone else :P
Even easier job if you use superpro bushes come in 2 pieces, think powerflex do 2 piece also
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Yeah gonna stick to either VW bushes or the VRS ones as im going low on coilovers soon it will be stiff enough
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Got a mechanic now to fit these bushes, £30 a hour is hes labour rate i can sit and watch hes done cambelts on previous cars, reakons he'll have them done in a hour, Still cant find any VW specialist near me which im amazed about ....
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beam bushes can be a very circumstantial job to do. The more worn they are before you start the easier the old ones come out. I've done probably 4 Golfs in my time and some have been really easy and others have been total nightmares.
Best done on a 2 post otherwise you'll be on your back A LOT!
The tool to do them can cost around £80 from Laser, but in essence it literally is a massive threaded bar, 2 nuts, 2 massive washers. The Poly bushes are flat on edges, while the normal one can be odd shapes.
Without this tool the job will be a massive ball ache.
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To make getting the old bushes out easier drill a load of holes in them, weakens them enough to crush the outer casing on the bush, can be burnt out but be careful you quite close to fuel tank under there
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Ebay job, Poweflex bushes cost me about £60 then about £100 for the garage to fit them
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Had a nightmare with parts to start with, the bushes i removed were VW 69mm bushes.. and euro, tps, vw wanted to supply 72mm. They have said basically the 69mm ones dont exist and now it is the 72mm ones only available.
As my mechanic explained from an engineering point of view it is not going to fit into a 69mm hole.
After a very long day waiting for parts and my car in the air with the axle hanging off Euros managed to get the 69mm Febi bushes from brighton and ran them to crawley for us, bare in mind this was at 17:00 after waiting all day to find the parts
Getting the old bushes out was fairly easy there were out in half hour, the new ones went in just as quick just really mugged off about the sizes IF there is a next time i will buy polybushes would of been so much easier
For future reference for anyone else that ends up in this situation
69mm Febi bilstein: 623 44 0188
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You do realise the bushes have a cage around them to make them smaller don't you?
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You do realise the bushes have a cage around them to make them smaller don't you?
Yeah thats the type I removed and they were measured around the metal casing of 69mm , and managed to get hold of but only from euro's as VW dont stock these anymore
As i say the ones i remove were of a diameter of 69mm original VW bushes they have the part number on their sytem but it has been replaced by a newer part number and without a metal casing but of a diameter of 72mm
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Fair do's, could have had some nice VRS ones in there instead though :afro:
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Yeah i know pretty annoyed i ended up with febi ones, but on the otherhand they are pretty comfy not sure how long they will last once im lowered mind, Pretty confident to change them myself next time with a specific axle bush press.
front end needs attention now before I fit the coilys :angry: