Had a vibration coming from front near side and knew the track rod needed changing - did that monday and steering is much better but still have vibration under braking.

Pretty sure it's the wishbone as the rubber is perished/split and is the original part after 149k.

Looking in the haynes it says you remove the wishbone and have a new bush pressed into it by vw dealer using hydraulic press. Having looked online a new bush is about £3 and a full wishbone about £30.

Is the pressing in of the bush (and removal of old bush) an easy/diy do-able job or worth the hastle for saving £25?

Car is a vw bora but front lower wishbones are same as golf/octavia/leon etc

cheers all,

Ned.

Vibration under braking could also point to warped brake discs/drums

disks and pads are relatively new but I'm reasonably confident it's not them as it's got worse recently which doesn't coincide with when they were fitted and I haven't driven it that hard lately to get them that hot to warp them.

Ned.

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Originally posted by ned
Is the pressing in of the bush (and removal of old bush) an easy/diy do-able job

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In the past with things like this, I've always brought the full bone as it saves me no end of trouble. Just unbolt one and slap the new one in.

is it the big bush at the back of the bone or front small one? if it the big rear one, just remove as much of the rubber as you can and use a hacksaw to make a cut in the metal case of the bush then you can just prise it out, or the easy way is to use a bench press if you have access to one.

also you say you dont think it the disks? most brake vibration is down to warped disks or even a rusty surface on the mounting face of the hub, if you got a DTI gauge set it up and see if the disks are true.

[Edited on 26/4/07 by COREdevelopments]

I agree with Si, Did the same thing on the wifes tin top. Much easier to just put the new wishbone in complete, than to mess about pulling the old bushes out and finding someone to press the new one in.

No experience of working on a VW Bora though.

A lLarge Vice will press most bushes in nicely.

Haven't worked on a later model but the mk2/3's are easy enough to do the bushes at home just as COREdevelopments has described. Poly bushes are a bit easier to fit than the OE rubber ones as well, just grease it up and they'll tap in

Thanks for the replies, it is the large bush at the rear that is obviously split, not inspected the front one.

The haynes says there is some sort of cam shaped part of the bush that has to be fitted in a certain orientation aswell.

I have done polybushes on a 205 and it was a pain hacking the old bushes out, don't think the bora really warrants polybushes as it's seen a few miles and does mainly motorway miles anyway now!

cheers all,

Ned.

Sorry to harp on, on this thread but I'm well chuffed as I just dug out my mot certificate, managed to find the mot online website checker doodah, entered my car reg and mot test no and not only did I actually get the details for my car up but I also managed to see the advisory points from last july and sod a dog:

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Advisory Notice issued
NSF wishbone rear bush - suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.3)
Rear axle/trailing arm bushes worn
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guess that means I've neglected it a bit for the last um 15,000 miles and it's definately time to change it!!

Ned.