MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: K9 on March 30, 2015, 04:49:08 pm
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i need to change the inner bushings on both sides as one side is cracked :(
tried google but can't really find anything.
ideas and suggestions please :happy2:
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Cut it off.
I did mine a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, the bolts tend to seize into the inner collar of the bushes.
- Jack the car up (I put axle stands under both sides of the rear of the sub-frame where it bolts to the body)
- May need to remove the rear of the exhaust for better access
- Jack up the outside edge of the control arm (to take the tension of the spring)
- Remove the bolt attached the bottom of the hub assembly
- Lower the jack and remove the spring
- Remove the inner eccentric bolt (if it comes out, you are extremely lucky)
- If it doesn't come out, then you have to cut the arm out of the sub-frame
- I used a 230mm grinder - be extremely careful not to cut the sub-frame!
The bushes are part of the arm assembly as supplied by VW. Approx £75 each (both the same L & R)
Bolts + Nuts + washers were under £20 iirc.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fp510%2Fharveycn%2F2c78d498-e895-4367-bab7-addb48eb746e_zpsbe8e940c.jpg&hash=78845792d4f48cef18c9392082af4ecadc00fa27)
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Cut it off.
I did mine a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, the bolts tend to seize into the inner collar of the bushes.
- Jack the car up (I put axle stands under both sides of the rear of the sub-frame where it bolts to the body)
- May need to remove the rear of the exhaust for better access
- Jack up the outside edge of the control arm (to take the tension of the spring)
- Remove the bolt attached the bottom of the hub assembly
- Lower the jack and remove the spring
- Remove the inner eccentric bolt (if it comes out, you are extremely lucky)
- If it doesn't come out, then you have to cut the arm out of the sub-frame
- I used a 230mm grinder - be extremely careful not to cut the sub-frame!
The bushes are part of the arm assembly as supplied by VW. Approx £75 each (both the same L & R)
Bolts + Nuts + washers were under £20 iirc.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fp510%2Fharveycn%2F2c78d498-e895-4367-bab7-addb48eb746e_zpsbe8e940c.jpg&hash=78845792d4f48cef18c9392082af4ecadc00fa27)
a auto part store here in Finland do sell the bushes for the arms without needing to buy the arm new.
so it's just like when i changed from stock to coilovers at the rear when removed the spring and damper? + i need to un-bolt the inner bolt to get the arm out?
@GTI-Pirelli (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=3908)
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a auto part store here in Finland do sell the bushes for the arms without needing to buy the arm new.
so it's just like when i changed from stock to coilovers at the rear when removed the spring and damper? + i need to un-bolt the inner bolt to get the arm out?
@GTI-Pirelli (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=3908)
The bush is mounted in the control arm. The bolt goes through the sub-frame, then through the bush.
If you can remove the bolt, then you should be able to get the bush out and replace it.
I saw the bushes on their own, but couldn't remove the bolts so chose to cut through the arm.
I needed my car so couldn't attempt to remove it and assess what I needed afterwards. I just went ahead and bought the new control arms.
You might be able to remove the bolts with heat. I think one of my bolts came out after I'd cut half way through it.
It is right behind the fuel tank though.
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just to confirm that it's just like when removing rear damper and spring?