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What to do about rear lower suspension bush MOT fail
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paulmeryan
 


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What to do about rear lower suspension bush MOT fail

First MOT fail at 8 yrs so not complaining.

Question is whether to just replace the rear bushes or replace the rear arms on both sides based on overall parts and labour costs of each.

MOT test centre only does testing, no repairs, and tester showed me the play in the NSR wheel with the car up on the lift. It is a genuine fail.

Took the car to the garage where tester's own D3 is having its EGRs done and they have lots of work and a good shop so looks sound. Quoted 3 hrs or £150 +VAT to do it Wednesday.

Bushes are approx £8 whereas arms are £190 RHS and £130 LHS so looks like a no brainer for the bushes route unless I'm missing something.

Any comments appreciated before I source bits on Monday. VR6 > 330D Touring > D3 HSE > !?XC90?!  
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Are you sure it's the lower arm? Shocked

If you've never had the upper rear arms changed then I would be inclined to suggest that the movement is coming from the front bush of the upper rear arm rather than the lower arm.

A small amount of movement is expected from these bushes but upper rear arm bushes have been known to crumble into a pile of dust once removed from the car.

Replace the whole arm, IMO. About £90 for a complete arm from here, Paul:

http://www.advancedfactors.co.uk/rear-suspension-121-c.asp

You will almost certainly need bolts, too. Whistle


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Upper rear arms replaced just over a year ago by DiscoMikey.

Was definitely lower arm on near side. Saw it wobble with my own eyes. VR6 > 330D Touring > D3 HSE > !?XC90?!  
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The plus point is the bolts very rarely seize in the bushes, so they arms at least come off in 1 piece.

You have to weigh up the Labour cost of replacing the bushes, with the parts cost of replacing the arms Thumbs Up My D3 Build Thread

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Clarification. It's the lower bush that holds the arm onto the hub and they're £37 each. This is the one that doesn't come with the arms so I'll go for bushes not arms and update Wednesday. VR6 > 330D Touring > D3 HSE > !?XC90?!  
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It's a piece of cake then, an hour a side, worst case Thumbs Up My D3 Build Thread

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We'll see what happens Wednesday after I suggest it shouldn't take more than that.

Shame you're not more local to me Mikey. Thanks for the replies all. VR6 > 330D Touring > D3 HSE > !?XC90?!  
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3hrs to do both rear lower hub bushes.

Car does feel tighter now.

Wil make sure to MOT a month before expiry next yr so I can sort anything out without taking the car off the road.

Guess she's at that age now where I need to approach MOTs preemptively. VR6 > 330D Touring > D3 HSE > !?XC90?!  
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