Right after trying unsuccessfully to find someone near me to replace the arb i am having a go myself. I know it shouldnt be too diffult but just want to be armed with the right info first.

I have got it up on axel stands tonight and got the wheels off.

Working on the near side i removed the black plastic plug on the right and the bolt on the left which also secures the handbrake cable.

Where do i go from here?!?!

How d?o i get the arb out. I thought you pushed it out with an M12 x 1.5 bolt, but that is just to remove the end plate isnt it?

It is one of Ash's hybrid arb's going back in, will i need to replace the yellow seal and black bush (shown on welshpugs beam refurb FAQ) or is it ok to reuse?

Does it matter which end the thicker side of the arb goes in to?

And lastly - do people go to great lengths to ensure that both wheels are at an equal level before effectively tying them together with the arb? or would it be enough to just to measure up from the floor to the hub?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

Cheers,

Dan

Right - managed to get half an hour on it today. Removed the driver's side end plate. Pulled the near side end plate and ARB out.

SO...I presume i use the 12mm bolt again to push the nearside endplate off the oe ARB.

Only worry i have is how am i going to get the end plates on the hybrid ARB??? Im pretty certain there isnt an 8mm hole in the end to pull the plate on with!

Also i gave the end plates a clean and made sure i was trying to put the right end in the right end plate just to see if i could push it on, and it didnt feel like it'd ever go on, even plulling it on with a bolt?!?!?!

Finally pretty sure there were no seals on it either.

Hi Dan

I just fitted one of the hybrid bars to mine, but I had the entire rear beam off the car at the time. The ends need to be hammered on with a big club hammer, don't expect them to just slide on. As there is a different number of splines on either end you need to do a test fit first to make sure the two ends are both at the same angle, then mark then up.

The hybrid ARB will only go in from one side, so make sure you'll be putting it in the right way then hammer on the end you can. Slide it in with one end on, then get the other end on.

As I said I can't comment on getting them on really as mine was off the car, but I'd suspect it's a case of bolting the arb endplate on at one end, then hammering on the second end plate.

And yes to get the old plates off just use the 12mm bolt again.

Bushes literally just pull out of the ends, as so the yellow seals - they'll just make sense when you see them.

Best of luck!

O.

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Agreed, it certainly seemed harder than it needed to be. There's snug, and then there's just the wrong size

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Put a bit of wood over the endplate before hammering it with a club hammer, you won't damage it at all.

Took me a good quarter of an hour of trial and error to get the ends lined up, so just be patient and you'll get there in the end. And yes, you'll need to jack up the arms a little, but that's not an issue.

O.

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cheers for the advice Owain. - u liking your filter? I honestly think it has given quite me noticable gains, but i had a new exhaust and sports cat fitted at the same time so i dont really know.

I will put a block of wood over the end plate, but i actually didnt mean that, i mean the other one, once you have one secured it in the beam and 8mm bolt in, then you go round the other side and start belting the end plate on - that force is gonna travel down the ARB and potentially bend the far end plate???? maybe?

I fitted an ARB one a few weeks ago, when i was whacking the second end plate on we had tightened the bolt on the first end, then i got Rob to hold a big block of wood (4"x4" or so, wooden fence post) against the first end plate whilst i held a smaller block of wood against the second end plate and hammered it on. My theory was that the fence post would take the impact and cause less damage to the first end plate

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Ah good work my man! Easy when you've got a bit hammer.

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how much did you have to jack it up? in principle yes that would mean there was preload but im sure a little bit wouldnt matter - you would end up with a bit anyway due to any differences in your dampers / torsion bars etc.

Having said that - unless you knew both trailing arms were at exactly the same height before you started one could have just been a bit lower.

Quite

As Welshpug says they should be the same once bolted in - this doesn't necessarily bear any relation to whether or not they need jacking up, as long as they're equal once tightened. Do the bolts up loosely and measure from a point on the hub to the bottom of the arch - as long as this measurement is the same on both sides you're golden. If they're not, start again

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Yes mate it is an issue! As I told you the beam you had off me was set properly and equally.

if you have adjusted the torsion bar on one side only to try and get the car to sit level, then you have a problem elsewhere

and by altering your beam height from what you requested, then any warranty I would of given is now void

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