Powerflex wishbone bush. Edit - (Im a Muppet)

[Gareth 0]

ive fitted powerflex bushes in my wishbones but can not get the wishbone back on the car the problem is the large rear bush wont fit in where it goes and the bush seems to be damaged as ive tryed to fit it.... the problem seems 2 be where the bush sits in the subframe there is 2 raised half circle metal bits that look like they are there to aline the original bush these metal bits are cutting into the bushes and stoping the wishbone lineing up 4 correct fitment..... how the hell do u guys fit these wishbones with powerflex bushes??.....i just cant get them in :mad:

 

someone plz help me :(

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Did you put the steel sleeves inside the bushes?

 

Without them you'll never get the bolts aligned and replacing the captive nuts in the floor is a right bar steward of a job if you cross-thread them.

 

I've never had any issues with powerflex bushes..... something isn't right and yeah, the two horse shoes in the subframe are for alignment purposes.

[Gareth 0]

im not getting as far as the hole lineing up to put the steel sleeve in the bush is just getting cut 2 bits by the horse shoes

 

Can i grind the horse shoes off??

[PhatVR6 0]

well, there's your problme, if you have the horseshoe in your subframe you need mk3 bushes, which don't come with the little steel sleeve. thoe split pin sleeves are for locating the bush in a mk2 subframe, which doesn't have the horseshoe.....

[Gareth 0]

well, there's your problme, if you have the horseshoe in your subframe you need mk3 bushes, which don't come with the little steel sleeve. thoe split pin sleeves are for locating the bush in a mk2 subframe, which doesn't have the horseshoe.....

 

is the horseshoe the only diffrence on the subframe?? if i grind them off can i use the MK2 bushes??

 

Thanx for ur help Phat

[Gareth 0]

Yes Im a muppet and u can all have a little laugh at my expence as ive relised the problem i had with the bushes... ok what i did wrong was not remove the metal sleeve that goes round the original bush so with the powerflex bush in the wishbone and the sleeve the wishbone was tight to get in the subframe :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: .... its still strange that i have a MK3 subframe but ive got around that problem.

 

Anyway im my defence im a newbie to the VW scene so im learning from my mistakes

 

:iamwithstupid:

 

plz be gental with this muppet :brickwall:

 

Just 1 more thing...... i better ask this Q as i have a bad feeling :scratch: ..with the powerflex bushes installed,, does the large metal washer go ontop of the wishbone or at the bottom??