Fitting Powerflex Bushes

[Chris P]

Paul,

Can you just confirm your picture on post 12 is the labeled up correct. My cast wishbones had the shorter arm installed to the front and the longer arm to thr rear. The bottom ball joint was also off-set to the longer arm side.

[Trankelstein]

ok..

I´m still a bit confused here, can anyone post a photo of how the bracket should look then? Those on the picture were the ones there before and they look like that in the repairbook. sadly the OEM ones are out of production.

mvh Martin

[Error404]

its the right size bush if you can only just close it around the bar between fingber and thumb

The backet is also shaped different to the bit you're using as Skull says

[Skull]

that bracket you got there is not original, is it?

[Trankelstein]

I´ve gotten powerflex for the farb inner bushings, but have a look at the link.. i can´t tighten it without it saying plop and slipping out on either side. I rechecked with the dealer it was the right size but it seems to be too large anyway!?

http://picasaweb.google.com/Trankell/Garagebilder#5310758813421939170

(if anyone wonders it is not my s2, it´s my 84 80 quattr0 )

[AndersS2]

is this for the lower control arm....sort of a metal arm with a rubber bush one end and a balljoint type fixing on the other end?

Yes! thats the one.
I checked closer today, and It is an bush there. Im not taking it out as it's fine, but what I dont understand is why they dont exist in powerflexs' product range?

[re2500]

My PF front wishbone bushes must have been on my CQ now for circa 10 years! I had the wishbones off to replace a wishbone recently and just used the bushes again because the bushes were fine. No excess movement and no notable squeaking. they have perhaps shrunk a little in this time as they were fairly easy to dissasemble and reassemble into the new wishbone. But other than that. Awesome!

Only thing to note is, if you burn the bushes out , remember to carefully cut out the outer metal sleeve with a hack saw. It isnt always obvious that it is there!!

[s2driveruk]

is this for the lower control arm....sort of a metal arm with a rubber bush one end and a balljoint type fixing on the other end?

[AndersS2]

Anders, I'm confused. There is no bush in the arm below the hub bearing unless it's something I'm not familiar with unique to the Avant rear suspension.

It is (or certanly looks like so), but I'm told that its not in the powerflex product range.

[johne]

Anders, I'm confused. There is no bush in the arm below the hub bearing unless it's something I'm not familiar with unique to the Avant rear suspension.

[AndersS2]

One question. Is there no powerflex bushes for the "hub arm" (when all dismantled, the one heavy bit with the hub/bearing in it, the bush in that lower region of the arm)?

I thought I'd orderd a complete set, but neither can I find something about it in here nor on the Vagparts.com site.



Anyone know?

Anyone?!

[s2driveruk]

Thanks for the write up Paul, it helped me out a quite bit. I removed the old bushes, they were fooked, but left the outer sleeve in the arm. DOH!!! finally got it sorted. The inner nut inside the subframe is a ****** to get to!!!!

cheers
John

Yeah, need a decent swan neck 17mm spanner to get in deep enough and then grip the nut.

[Smith_S2]

Thanks for the write up Paul, it helped me out a quite bit. I removed the old bushes, they were fooked, but left the outer sleeve in the arm. DOH!!! finally got it sorted. The inner nut inside the subframe is a ****** to get to!!!!

cheers
John

[macspring]

With OEM Bushes

It is adviseable to tighten the bolts that attach the wishbones to the subframe only when the wheels are under their normal commpession as otherwise the OEM bushes will "tear" themselves when the car is lowered back down onto its wheels and it will naturally "tear" themselves further when the spring compresses on a bump.

Hope this can be understood?

Bottom line, only tighten them when the car has its full weight on its wheels, ( only applies to OEM bushes ).

Thanks.

[AndersS2]

One question. Is there no powerflex bushes for the "hub arm" (when all dismantled, the one heavy bit with the hub/bearing in it, the bush in that lower region of the arm)?

I thought I'd orderd a complete set, but neither can I find something about it in here nor on the Vagparts.com site.



Anyone know?