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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Rmachines on 28 October 2007, 17:01

Title: Wishbone - a little advice please
Post by: Rmachines on 28 October 2007, 17:01: Hey! I have a problem here, When i rock my passenger side wheel it will rock back and forth as if the car is rolling with it, but its not, theres also a clunk noise as it do it. As far as i can see its the rear wishbone bush totaly knackerd! theres LOADS of play in it! so this is my question. Should i replace the whole wishbone or can you get the bushes seperatly. If you can, Are they hard to fit or will i need a press etc.. ?

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Title: Re: Wishbone - a little advice please
Post by: boneybradley on 28 October 2007, 19:31: you can buy the bushes seperate but they are pressed in!! its worth replacing the front bush while your at it. or buy the full wishbone (my choice)
Title: Re: Wishbone - a little advice please
Post by: Rmachines on 28 October 2007, 19:42: Yea for the price of the wishbone i think i will just replace the whole thing! I think the ball joint has a bit of play aswell. I have seen them for Ã‚£17 on ebay would they be any good or just cheep crap? I dont want to spend to much on them if i can help but.

Im not sure if i should replace both either, I guess the other one will go soon aswell as this one totaly GONE!! lol They aslo say you need to replace the bolts? Where would i get these from? :wink:
Title: Re: Wishbone - a little advice please
Post by: Pete Taylor on 31 October 2007, 07:48: VW :)
Title: Re: Wishbone - a little advice please
Post by: jamrox on 31 October 2007, 15:53: Not sure if i'm right in thinking you mean the front wishbones but i replaced just one and it was a bad move, replace both if you can it makes a hell of a difference, much tighter now! They aren't very expensive, i got mine from Eurocarparts with new ball joints, fairly easy to fit yourself as long as you don't have rounded off bolts like mine!
Title: Re: Wishbone - a little advice please
Post by: boneybradley on 31 October 2007, 17:24: i bought some febi bilstein ones for my old 1.8 and they cost Ã‚£28 each but german quality.. gti ones are different and much more expensive otherwise I would swap both of mine
Title: Re: Wishbone - a little advice please
Post by: jamrox on 01 November 2007, 11:50: Mines a 95 8v gti and both wishbones and 2 new ball joints came in at under 100 quid which i thought was quite reasonable, i think the later model wishbones are more expensive
Title: Re: Wishbone - a little advice please
Post by: patch900 on 01 November 2007, 13:00: I had both my front ones replaced recently and they cost about 40 quid each, if memory serves
Title: Re: Wishbone - a little advice please
Post by: boneybradley on 01 November 2007, 18:08: Quote from: jamrox on 01 November 2007, 11:50
Mines a 95 8v gti and both wishbones and 2 new ball joints came in at under 100 quid which i thought was quite reasonable, i think the later model wishbones are more expensive

I hope that was fitted??
Title: Re: Wishbone - a little advice please
Post by: Rmachines on 04 November 2007, 00:00: I have a confession to make ..... I went to the scrap yard and got a wishbone! LOL I planed to fit new bushes to it and to a swap as i cant realy have the car off the road for more than a day!

I payed Ã‚£3 for the wishbone and turned out to have almost new bushes! and they realy were spot on so i did a swap which took me about half an hour and its sorted! As long as it gets through the MOT its ok! I plan to take the car off the road in a year or so for a full rebuild and upgrade engine etc so it will all go polly then no doubt. :grin: :laugh: