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powerflex dog bone mount..

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akaboogie

Car  CLIO 172 CUP....
gonna be fitting one of these dog bone mount kit next couple of days and i have looked on the guide on here and seen how its done just wonderin how much of a pain in the ass it is and are they really worth doing i have read news about poster make it surpose to make the car feel a lot better through the gear change... will i be happy with the resaults

thanks...
 
Did mine last weekend.

Very easy to do, and yes its worth it. Gear change is so slick now, and unlike some I haven't suffered any bad vibrations.
 
yeah thats good to hear then mate cause gear change at the moment seems so..(S**T).. and what iv been reading thay are ment to make it 100% better......:cool:..cant wait..

any info on how long it takes to do..
 
Took my mate 15mins to remove replace and refit on my ph1, just seems to make it abut tighter to drive and as other have said gear change is better and mine werent in bad condition tbh and I get no vibrations either tbh
 
Ive just bought a spare dogbone so i can powerflex it and just swap it straight over. Is it easy enough to do with the car up on some ramps or does it really need to be lifted?
 
Is it just the case of unscrewing the bolts and swapping the mount over? Do you need to support the engine too? and does it put more pressure on the other mounts?
 
Mine vibrated quite badly at first, for about a week, i did go the safari park day after i had it fitted, so noticed it loads cos of slowing driving.

But now don't notice any difference.
 
very easy mod.. and defiantly worth it.. gear change is smoother and less rock from the engine... totally stopped the knocking I had from the exhaust.
 
Can anyone advise where to get the powerflex or equivalent make gearbox mount bushes and engine mount bushes for a k4m 1.6 16v? 2002 plate
 
I managed to fit mine and im not excactly a master mechanic, the hardest bit is getting the old bushes out but with the help of works 30 ton press job done.:approve:
 
witch way dose this bush go on the gear box end.. is it the thin end or the fat end that sit under the gear box....

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as in the picture above (thin end under the box) there were some discussions on this and many (me included) had the bush mounted the other way. Looks like there are more vibrations and more strain on the bolt if fitted with the thick part under the box
 
now he's confused! LOL. true to be said I ran mine like mike said for almost a year and nothing happened
 
As per Dave's guide I fit mine with the thick part at the top (touching gearbox). Not had any issue's since.

Dont forget a washer top and bottom either or you'll f**k the bushes.
 
trader or not I'm not gonna swap mine again! It's too cold outside LOL
 
Fred@BTM said:
^correct! thick part goes closest to the box
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Thank you! I can get on with doing mine now :)

Can somone give me a quick list of the tools I'll need, I'm at my workshop now but the car is at home.... Need to grab the tools to take back with me.
 
jack_kemp said:
Thank you! I can get on with doing mine now :)

Can somone give me a quick list of the tools I'll need, I'm at my workshop now but the car is at home.... Need to grab the tools to take back with me.
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16mm spanners x 2
18mm socket and rachet (maybe breaker bar too)

bearing press if you're posh, or a lump hammer if you are cave man :D

getting the old bits out without a press can't be nice!
 
can you get these for non sports? (ph1 1.4s) mine is nackered and if ican get uprated bushes i may as well theyre roughly the same price?
 
Fred@BTM said:
16mm spanners x 2
18mm socket and rachet (maybe breaker bar too)

bearing press if you're posh, or a lump hammer if you are cave man :D

getting the old bits out without a press can't be nice!
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Cheers :)

Well I do have a press but I'm not driving all the way back to the workshop to use it.... So vice and a hammer it is!
 
Its easy with a vice, small bush pushes out using suitably size sockets in the vice either side, and the big bush can just be squashed inwards on itself in the vice until it falls out :)

Breaker bar was essential on mine for the gearbox side. Was a tight bugger that.
 
yeah was easy as f**k to do also never had to use a breaker bar on mine...just removed the dog bone from the car then whent in to the shed and used a vice and a lump hammer...;)..to remove the mounts....then sticking the powerflex mounts in was a peace of piss as i just push them in by hand....JOB DONE....and have to say ALOTE better gear changing is alot smoother.....
 
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