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yes thats true, but from what i have read on here the powerflex one's are s**t!, i'm not saying mine will be any

better but given the material i'm using then they may well be, time will tell

Thats the front Powerflex ones people say are s**t Wink

Not seen any bad feedback on the powrflex p-bushes,thats why I thought I would try them Thumbs up

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Powerflex-Peugeot-306-Front-Arm-Rear-Bush-PFF50-302-/110890022168?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19d18f7518

my front one's will be different, rather than 2 bushes, mine will be a single piece with a s/s sleeve,

btw, whats with the 'anti dive' etc with the powerflex P's???

Posted 29th Jul 2012 at 22:25

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coskev wrote:

jsa666 wrote:

yes thats true, but from what i have read on here the powerflex one's are s**t!, i'm not saying mine will be any

better but given the material i'm using then they may well be, time will tell

Thats the front Powerflex ones people say are s**t Wink

Not seen any bad feedback on the powrflex p-bushes,thats why I thought I would try them Thumbs up

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Powerflex-Peugeot-306-Front-Arm-Rear-Bush-PFF50-302-/110890022168?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19d18f7518

my front one's will be different, rather than 2 bushes, mine will be a single piece with a s/s sleeve,

btw, whats with the 'anti dive' etc with the powerflex P's???

You think one piece will work ok?Without the larger end on the bushes that sit between arm and x-member? Dunno

Ref anti-dive,think its abit of bull LOL

but if you look at the bush on the Powerflex P-bush the hole in the bush is off centre,so must change some susp angles Smile

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Posted 29th Jul 2012 at 23:14

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It's also wrong, they've moved the hole the wrong way, it's actually pro-dive.

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Posted 29th Jul 2012 at 23:20

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coskev wrote:

jsa666 wrote:

coskev wrote:

jsa666 wrote:

yes thats true, but from what i have read on here the powerflex one's are s**t!, i'm not saying mine will be any

better but given the material i'm using then they may well be, time will tell

Thats the front Powerflex ones people say are s**t Wink

Not seen any bad feedback on the powrflex p-bushes,thats why I thought I would try them Thumbs up

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Powerflex-Peugeot-306-Front-Arm-Rear-Bush-PFF50-302-/110890022168?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19d18f7518

my front one's will be different, rather than 2 bushes, mine will be a single piece with a s/s sleeve,

btw, whats with the 'anti dive' etc with the powerflex P's???

You think one piece will work ok?Without the larger end on the bushes that sit between arm and x-member? Dunno

Ref anti-dive,think its abit of bull LOL

but if you look at the bush on the Powerflex P-bush the hole in the bush is off centre,so must change some susp angles Smile

until ive had front bush made and actually tried it, i really cant say for sure!, but saying that, the OE bushes have a

metal collar between subframe and arm whereas the Powerflex bush doesnt so you may have a point!!

if you think about it, when you fit the arm with the front bolt slack, you can feel a fair bit of play, then when

you tighten the bolt the free movement disappears, so i can see why the front bushes (powerflex) dont work too well,

think i need to, erm, 'rethink' my idea lol, bear with me tho, i will come up with something

Posted 29th Jul 2012 at 23:49

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.....i wonder why vibratechnics don't make a front bush? or have i not searched hard enough?!!

looking back on this, i always thought the P bush would've been the challenge here but seems i

thought wrong

Phillipm - yea, looking at P.Flex pics, the hole does seem very offset

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Just tried to order the partnet wishbones bushes and bolts from peugeot.
67 quid!!!! Forget that s**t....

I then asked for two sets of the balljoint nuts that fix them to the wishbones 27 quid!
Anyone know where you can get all this stuff cheaper?
Bolts/nuts/washers should be about for less than that surely?

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Pretty much any bolt supplier going stocks the right sizes...

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yeah just need to work out the size and stuff.
Bushes are still a mystery though. Get i could get the lemforder partners? they must be good surely.
Although even those are 22 each.

I need the bolts for a partner i believe for the wishbones jobbies.
How come they have a bolt near the actual bush too? cant see what it does?

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Partner bushes are listed higher up this thread on E-Bay,cheap Dunno

All P bushes are held on by two bolts,the big one that holds ARB clamp down,and then a smaller one that bolts threw subframe into P-bush Thumbs up

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I recently got a lemforder P bush from Euro car parts, cant remember how much i paid but it wasnt too bad after the 31% discount.
Seemed a bit of a bugger to line the tapped holes up with the holes on the subframe though, as if they were marginally too close together on the bush. I might have just been fannying around though as it was throwing it down and i was trying not to get all my tools soaked.

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Was it a lemforder 306 style one or a partner style one?

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306 style i think, its made out of steel rather than alloy.

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The subframes bend and distort quite easily where the bottom P-bush bolt is - might not have been the bush that was made wrong but rather a bit of twist in the frame. I don't think I've seen one car with that bit straight and true yet, including my own...

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One day eliotrw might decide to rebuild his suspension, instead of asking a perplexing series of more involved answers than he can handle (till the next question)

Posted 10th Aug 2012 at 03:21

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Lmao..
I just f**king want it done now tbh..
Its so close Razz

But theres NO WAY im paying peugeot 27 quids for 6 bolts.

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Lmao..
I just f**king want it done now tbh..
Its so close Razz

But theres NO WAY im paying peugeot 27 quids for 6 bolts.

As above,hardwear supplier will have some to match Yes

Just remove one of yours,pop in and ask them to match them,either thye same strength,or stronger Thumbs up

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Posted 10th Aug 2012 at 14:10

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Will do

Thinking I might bite the big ugly peugeot bullet for the bushes now though as I just CBA for this s**t now.
Im just going to dedicate the next few months (And all my f**king money)
On sorting the car out so I can stuff a blower on it in spring and blissfully pootle down the motorway with no knocking suspension. All my coolant INSIDE the engine and radiator rather than p**sing out of some little hole somewhere.

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Gutted, had my polys almost ready to batch produce.

Oh well

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Posted 10th Aug 2012 at 17:09

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bear with me chaps, i will have sets made up soon, still waiting for material to be delivered

Posted 10th Aug 2012 at 21:29

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How are these doing? Dunno

Very cheap on E-Bay now:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CITROEN-BERLINGO-XSARA-PICASSO-FRONT-WISHBONE-BUSH-/321000535054?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4abd1f740e

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