Sub Frame Bushes

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Trento
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Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:23 pm

Can you tell easily by looking at rear subframe bushes if they collapsed? What should one look for
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Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:10 pm

Try jacking the car up on the rear beam, you should be able to tell visually if the bushes need to be replaced, ie. rubber deteriorated and/or core pulling out.
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Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:52 pm

Trento wrote:Can you tell easily by looking at rear subframe bushes if they collapsed? What should one look for
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I know at least one MOT tester that can't! Gave me an advisory on nine month old ones once!!!! (Went through three MOTs after that without a mention).
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