Powerflex inner arb bushes

[rollerdan]

Im writing this whilst got a tear in my eye these are absolute ball ache to fit ! Managed to get the bolt through the clamp and the subframe hole .

But now the bolt is on an angle will this sort it self out when i start tightening it up?

 

[Tomo 172]

It might do, but you could end up cross threading it and ruining the thread, what i did was once the bolt was in at an agle, get a long thin bar like a crow bar and gently price on it till you can get the bolt in straight. Good luck i fitted mine few weeks ago and was getting really frustrated with them.

 

[rollerdan]

Frustrated isnt the word mate i want to kill sombody

 

[Jaff.]

do you have a hernia yet?

if not then your not trying hard enough

 

[rollerdan]

Haha probally have mate i was nearly crying haha

 

[Jaff.]

bloody ruined me when i done them on my drive! ridiculous design

 

[rollerdan]

My hands are broken . And i havnt even finished one lol got to annoyed and left it . Now im off down pub

 

[RB_172]

Having read this, I really can't wait to do (attempt) mine next week now! :S

 

[rollerdan]

Mate prepare your self for hell . Get longer bolts

 

[Feates172]

Is there no way of clamping them to make it easy to put the bolt back in? Ill be doing mine soon. And thats the method i used on the s3.

 

[Jaff.]

I used a pry bar against the chassis if it helps? Then with my other 2 hands I put a nut and bolt in :clown:

 

[Chris.C]

I did mine a couple weeks back, and it is a right ball ache
however the way I ended up doing it wasn't too bad with a bit of patience and time.


I used a set of large pliers like this....





I found them easier to use than mole grips. Then all I did was close them as much as possible and secure with a strong cable tie.
This brought the clamp closer to the subframe.
Then I used a small ish crow bar, or pry bar to push the clamp into position to line the holes up as much as I could then popped the bolt through enough to pull the crow bar away.
then I was able to put the nut on the back and tighten up.

It was very tight and like I said took a bit of time but I found it far easier tbh. Took me just over an hour to do the job.

 

[Chris.C]

Also forgot to add, doing it that way I didn't need to use longer bolts.

 

[Tomo 172]

Yeah i did it in round about same way as that, but when your on drive on your back in rain it proper gets to you, if you dont ache afterwards then youve not done it right haha

 

[Chris.C]

Ill agree with the above, I was fortunate it wasn't raining though lol
My hands were killing after and when your on your drive constantly holding your head in the air you soon feel the pain the next day in your neck haha.

I did all of my arb bushes together, the outers were dead easy.
But all the agro from the inbred was worth it, the car feels loads better now.

 

[rollerdan]

Isit worth the struggle then mate?

 

[RB_172]

I haven't even looked at the inner bushes (and can't find any pics of them from under the car) but can I assume the 'bottle jack' method in guide linked below only works for the outer ones?

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?629224-clio-172-front-ARB-bushes-(very-easy)

That's the one I was planning on following!

I've also got the wishbone and twisted dog bone ones to do. :|

 

[rollerdan]

The dog bones easy mate but the wishbones you have to tack the metal sleeves in place or they munch the subframe. The inner arb is a mission

 

[RB_172]

I've got the newest version of the wishbone pack, it's a bit different now I think as you put washers on the ends. I don't do welding so fingers crossed they'll be ok.

 

[rollerdan]

Ah right i did read somwer there was a new type

 

[mark123]

I used a small g-clamp to hold the bracket in the correct place.

 

[Cup_Phil]

It's easy with a g clamp and longer bolt

Put the longer bolt in and tighten to pull the bracket up - then put a g clamp on the bracket to hold it in place, remove longer bolt and put proper bolt in - job done

Took me no more than 30mins to do them both

 

[rollerdan]

Think thats my problem im making do with the incorrect tools . Got a pair of wrench grips and g clamps in work so il attack it again tonite .

 

[rollerdan]

All done got up early this morning to crack on with it . Took me 45 mins with the right tools . Glad its done and out the way

 

[MartinR]

Was fun though.

 

[rollerdan]

Oh yea dude time of my life under there haha . I never wanna do that again.