Rear Axle bushes shot!

[jamie1989]

Yeah done mine begining of last month i done this
Unbolt calipers
Unclip lines
Unbolt beam from everything
Beat the crap out of the bushes
Pop new ones in the put it all back together

Either way the point is its not a hard job at all !

Very true!! Alot of garages are scared of doing a simple job, The key is not to get wound up when your struggling to get the cage out of the axle 

[harlemex]

piece of piss. I did mine in 5 mins. 

[Nino]

Thanks for the replys guys, I will look into it.

A few of you mentioned I should not replace them with the stardard bushes? why is this??

[jamie1989]

Why change the rubbish ones with standard when you can upgrade and hopefully never worry again about changing them in future.
If you change to polybush, if in the unlikely event they fail in future theres no need to get hack saws, chisels and hammers out as they slide out nicely and are VERY EASY to replace when comparing to standard bushes

[AD1.8T]

Skoda fabia vrs bushes are 40 odd and are more than stiff enough

[Nino]

Thats guys, I only asked because i wasnt sure what the difference was

[JimBR]

Powerflex bushes still take some force to get in! 

Superpro are 2 piece and much easier. Some people say they're better quality too.

[Dave_IOW]

One piece poly's did not 'slip' in as previously mentioned in my experience, and £20 for some rear bushes wont be happening either, unless they have come off the back of another car..

Depends what YOU want, polys are stiffer, less comfortable and may even possibly make some noise.
Standard are quieter but subsequently slightly less 'stiff' than poly ones.

I went for poly on my mk4, and now I have some more to do for a mk3 beam for my mk2, I will be going genuine items.

As Wazzzer suggested, Vrs ones seem an ideal replacement, something he knows quite a lot about at the min.... Don't you Wes   

[jamie1989]

Just recently I fitted one piece polybush's to a mk4 and I had everything ready to use to "press" the new bush in the axle but honestly after cleaning the inside of the axle an applied copper grease the polybush literally pushed with very little resistance, it came with a solid metal piece that goes straight through the polybush that crushes the polybush tight into the axle. This was tapped in using a hammer.

I suppose it all boils down to what you buy and where you buy it from really as with everything you buy these days. Sometimes the saying right you get what you pay for.

But what dave have said is right its what set up you want as everyone is different.

[jamie1989]

Here is the link to what we purchased

http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/product.php?xProd=50446&xSec=9926