renault 19 wishbone bushes?

Newbie Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 13

ihi everyone, first post!

i just bought a renault 19 which is due its test (it was cheap) and after a test drive it has become apparent that i will need to replace either one or all of the wishbone bushes and antiroll bar bushes on the drivers side front.

is there anywhere on the web where i can get these bushes, and i dont mean the new polyeurathane ones, just plain rubber ones?

cheers
paul

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

pressing the old bushes out of a wishbone and pressing new bushes (if you can get them) back in would be an arse of a job.

however i have a pair of brand new wishbones for sale if you want them... Wink

Site Subscriber Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 2281

The only ones you'll be able to buy on the net will be Powerflex ones I should imagine.

Although it's generally accepted that OE bushes are the best.

Newbie Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 13

got a workshop bush pusher/puller in my shed, its dead easy with a bit of grease. if the old ones wont budge ill burn them out with a torch. paid pennies for the car so looking to do them for as cheaply as possible so i can make the most profit from selling it on, so unless you want less than Â£15 for them ill pass :)

i might just go to the motor factors down the road, was just wondering if there were any cheap places online.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

go for it my son

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

profit from a 19? wrong car mate unless someone paid you 100 quid to take it.

Newbie Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 13

both wishbones for 15 sheets? id have to get them delivered...

Newbie Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 13

i paid a tenner for it and it is ab-solutely mint, and i mean A1.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

no i meant 'go for it' trying to

a - remove the old bushes
b - find new bushes
c - push new bushes in

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

pauldoubleyou";p="107063 wrote:

i paid a tenner for it and it is ab-solutely mint, and i mean A1.

got any pics?

whats wrong with it, just the wishbone bushes?

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

mints for a tenner

pics??

colour? reg? how many doors? milage? seats?(what kind Rolling Eyes

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Newbie Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 13

i just got it tonight, its off my neighbour whos in the navy. hes getting shipped to iraq and was going to scrap it. its still got tax and test, four new tyres 6 month ago and a new exhaust.

the passenger side is banging about over bumps like the bushes have gone. where the new backbox has been fitted the join has not been sealed properly and is blowing. thats it.

rest of the car is immaculate.

ive changed bushes on a glued in mk3 cortina, with the right tools for the right job its easy.

Newbie Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 13

be-bop (how gay)

19. diesel M reg 100k full renault service history, red, 5 door.

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

ah fair enough

scrap it!! Evil or Very Mad

wana do up a valver??

small dent!?!

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

oh, LOL i thought it was a 16V (we probably all did)

no wonder it was cheap then!

also my spare wishbones wouldnt fit it Sad

Newbie Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 13

ah well. ill try my motor factors. reckon ill make a quick Â£200 at least, lads round here are all navy guys and army looking for cheap cars to travel home in.

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

Neal";p="107071 wrote:

oh, LOL i thought it was a 16V (we probably all did)

no wonder it was cheap then!

also my spare wishbones wouldnt fit it Sad

why aint you using them??

and what you wanting as they happily could go in my box

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

fair dos

being honest though, i dont think you will find bushes on their own, except from renault, part number

77 00 840 741 BUSH S/ARM LHF 19 19.31

that price is out of date though, they will be over Â£20 now, plus the VAT

you will probably have to buy the whole arm with the bushes in, but they are only about Â£25 from the factor.

Or you could of course get down the scrappy, ones from a mk1 megane are the same (not a megane coupe though)

hope that helps

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

shame I chucked away all those non 16V parts.

you'll get the bushes alone at any factors, but the knock could be anything. the lower balljoints a common issue

Newbie Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 13

cheers for the part number, i might pay a visit to the scrappy too. it would be less time consuming to fit a new lower arm like :)

how easy is the balljoint to repair? i presume once youve got the lower arm off it reveals itself and its simple to remove?

will i be able to blatantly tell which bush has gone once i get the wheel off?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

if it is a bush leave it on the groudn and grab the wheel roll it back and forth, if its a bush it will move.

balljoints eastm take the wheel off and its the thing the hub pivots on at the bottom.

Use a lever to see if theres play, if theres any its to much.

might even have the pinch bolt mising thats a common one.