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Offline Diamond Hell

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What are the symptoms of shot rear beam bushes?
« on: 14 December 2013, 01:07 »
I have what can only be described as an erratic clonking coming from what I *think* is the back of the Golf.

It's definitely not my front indicator flapping around in the wind.

I replaced the rear struts, thinking it might have been them knocking... and to be fair they had thrown up down themselves, too.

The clonking died down a bit, but has come back again, after only a few weeks.

How likely is it that it's the beam bushes?  The car's done 185k.
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Offline thai-wronghorse

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Re: What are the symptoms of shot rear beam bushes?
« Reply #1 on: 14 December 2013, 02:05 »
Im definitely going with rear bushes especially at that mileage. I've replaced them on two different mk3's...one with 120k (16v) which knocked occasionally and another with 180k (TDI estate) which was literally snaking down the road and pretty f**king scary tbh.
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Re: What are the symptoms of shot rear beam bushes?
« Reply #2 on: 14 December 2013, 11:47 »
Snaking in extreme cases like thai said and major clonking over bumps particularly tight bumpy corners with the unloaded end of the beam flapping about.
Did you do the rear top mounts with the struts? They also knock like a woodpecker.
PU bushes are easiest to fit but I doubt the effectiveness of them over time, can get paten ones for 8 a side.
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Re: What are the symptoms of shot rear beam bushes?
« Reply #3 on: 14 December 2013, 12:28 »
Stick it on a ramp and get a bar in between the axle and the mounting plate. Soon see if there's play there. The MK4 was knocking at random intervals before I swapped them.
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Re: What are the symptoms of shot rear beam bushes?
« Reply #4 on: 14 December 2013, 15:56 »
As said you'll know when it snakes going round a long bend around 60mph
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Re: What are the symptoms of shot rear beam bushes?
« Reply #5 on: 14 December 2013, 19:30 »
Sounds like a quick swap out of the top mounts before getting into beam bushes, as that'll be bloody brake pipes too.  :angry:
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Re: What are the symptoms of shot rear beam bushes?
« Reply #6 on: 14 December 2013, 19:52 »
Can be done without splitting the brake pipes  :whistle:
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Re: What are the symptoms of shot rear beam bushes?
« Reply #7 on: 14 December 2013, 20:42 »
Quote from: Diamond Hell on 14 December 2013, 19:30
Sounds like a quick swap out of the top mounts before getting into beam bushes, as that'll be bloody brake pipes too.  :angry:
Exactly, cutting out the old bush and sleeves is not for cold days or cold fingers :grin:
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Re: What are the symptoms of shot rear beam bushes?
« Reply #8 on: 14 December 2013, 20:57 »
Never touched anything brake related when i swapped mine out.
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Re: What are the symptoms of shot rear beam bushes?
« Reply #9 on: 14 December 2013, 22:08 »
Quote from: VW BUSH on 14 December 2013, 20:42
Quote from: Diamond Hell on 14 December 2013, 19:30
Sounds like a quick swap out of the top mounts before getting into beam bushes, as that'll be bloody brake pipes too.  :angry:
Exactly, cutting out the old bush and sleeves is not for cold days or cold fingers :grin:

Its exactly for cold days as youll get a sweat on knocking them out. 
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