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Offline Nino

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Rear Axle bushes shot!
« on: 04 June 2012, 23:04 »
Ok been hearing banging over bumps lately so took my car to the garage and he tells me my rear axle bushes are buggered and will cost me £140 if i want him to do it, when i checked how much they cost i asked why is he charging me a good £120 laybour?

He told me the bushes that are gone are the hardest ones to change and require alot of work/stripping to get to them and will be a good 4-5 hours worth of work.
He also said that I shouldn't drive the car really ntill there changed or have anyone in the back of the car.

Is he telling me lies or is there truth in what hes saying?
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Re: Rear Axle bushes shot!
« Reply #1 on: 04 June 2012, 23:23 »
i do believe the rears are harder to do as the whole sub frame as to be dropped etc i paid a lot more than that a few years ago so dont sound to bad to me
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Re: Rear Axle bushes shot!
« Reply #2 on: 05 June 2012, 01:36 »
They are hard get out, we charge 3 hours to get them out. Don't know why he said you should drive it, I mean it's the rear beam is not going to fall out or anything, it will just get noisier
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Re: Rear Axle bushes shot!
« Reply #3 on: 05 June 2012, 06:58 »
I really dont understand how garages quote so much they are relativley easy to do .... With all the proper tools it can be done in about 1 1/2 hours ! Just get a strong mate a mahoosive g clamp, drill, hack saw and all your sockets ect and give it ago the most time consuming part was trying to hold the axle up ehilst on your back and bolt it all together
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Re: Rear Axle bushes shot!
« Reply #4 on: 05 June 2012, 10:05 »
Mate they are easy to do. No need to drop the axle iv done it recently on my mates mk4. Do yourself a favour go on awsome gti buy polybushes instead. It takes about 3 hours on a drive with no special tools required!!
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Re: Rear Axle bushes shot!
« Reply #5 on: 05 June 2012, 10:19 »
What rear beam bushes are you looking at for £20?

Don't get standard versions, spend a bit more and buy some Fabia vRS bushes, ECP sell them with some nice forum discount  :smiley:
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Re: Rear Axle bushes shot!
« Reply #6 on: 05 June 2012, 11:12 »
Quote from: jamie1989 on 05 June 2012, 10:05
Mate they are easy to do. No need to drop the axle iv done it recently on my mates mk4. Do yourself a favour go on awsome gti buy polybushes instead. It takes about 3 hours on a drive with no special tools required!!

Dropping the axle without disconecting brake lines is got to be a hell of alot easier the struggling when in place
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Re: Rear Axle bushes shot!
« Reply #7 on: 05 June 2012, 11:17 »
Nah honestly mate I done it literally 2weeks ago on my drive within 3 hours.
Do one side at the time, remove wheel and arch liner. Unbolt the axle bolt, and smash the shot bushes out.
After a good clean and loads of copper grease the new poly bush slides in nice, ready to put together again.

There is no need to disconnect the brake lines they did not get in the way when I did it.
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Re: Rear Axle bushes shot!
« Reply #8 on: 05 June 2012, 11:19 »
To make it abit more clear once the bolt is removed the axe drops enough to access it to remove the bush and insert a new one and does not strain the brake lines.
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Re: Rear Axle bushes shot!
« Reply #9 on: 05 June 2012, 11:45 »
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 !
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