Suspension Polybushes?

[Blingpanzer]

And as I emerge bleary-eyed into the new dawn of Club 80-90, I trip over the dog and drop my BLT. B*ggrit

Anyway...

Does anyone know where I can buy polybushes for the front suspension? I need a full set for the ARB (the replacement GSF rubber ones have split already), but I'll probably end up doing the whole lot while I've got access.

Any leads appreciated, if only to restrain my dog.

Cheers an' all that

[Anonymous]

So far as I'm aware, you can only get the bottom rear bush for the lower arm and steering rack bushes.
If you find out where to get the rest, please tell us all

MG

[Simon Baxter]

I am at present having them manufactured.
It's taking a while but the manufacturers assure me they are on with it and I will have some smaples in 2 weeks.

[HarryMann]

Let's wayte for the smaples...

The inner front (tca/lower wishbone) are available, the rack ones are too, the front radius rod rubbers and sleeve are VW only, but have a long life (10 years +) but worth replacing aroud 15 years old.

Are the cup-washers on your drop ARB arms cupped out, not in - that seems to be their original disposition, unlike those on may other vehciles.
VW call them dampoing rings, and I assemble the whole thing with rubber grease (red).

Unless you mean the split rubbers that mount the bar to the chassis (at least 2 different inner diameters!)

[Blingpanzer]

It's the damping rings that have split again; I've also replaced the large bushes at the front of the radius rods (no problems). The cup washers are cupped out as per OE, and everything's torqued-up as per OE. Bad batch of damping rings maybe? They lasted about three weeks, or less than 500 miles.

[HarryMann]

And then there's three different styles of drop arm, but again, am sure your originals would be the right ones.

The Syncro ones having just a slight kink toward the bottom which goes outwards (I think)... and GSF rubber may not be OE rubber!

I have seen these degrade quickly too.

[t25adict]

if you push all the joints/rubbers are available from vw.. (though some may have to be paid for in advance dew to the ordering system..
i have replaced various ones on various vans ive owned. always gone for vw ones..

[HarryMann]

though some may have to be paid for in advance dew to the ordering system

IKWYM

If you get on well with your local GSF, and they are friendly people, they (can and could) order genuine VW OEM stuff Tuesday lunchtime and have it from germany in their shop by Friday afternoon!
I think the guy they phone at GSF HQ to get a price and put the order in, is 'Martin', but could check if you like.

They price them cost + and the + depends on how they're feeling on the day, usually they are similar, slightly cheaper or occasionally slightly more expensive than VW UK.

But the service is infinitely better and I refuse to do a 40 mile round trip to prepay (VW idiots won't take my card over the phone) and then again to collect... and put up with jumped up pinstriped 'parts salesmen'.

My local GSF is just superb all round.
Whilst my nearest VW parts 'emporium', Wayside W&^!ers Ltd, seem to have zero comprehension of both commercial common sense or modern payment methods.

[Ray]

clive
I always go to wayside s albans who seem quite helpful. They seen to know me by now and don't ask for money up front - well not for small items anyway.
Ray
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[HarryMann]

Ray, Hi,

Trust you and yours are good.

I phoned them as well a year or so ago and as they're part of Wayside Group, and part needed ordering - visit to pay, visit to collect - offered to pay over phone, just 'not our policy' or some such diatribe.

I'm sure you've found just the right bloke there, but so far so good at Apsley GSF, and such a short easy drive. I can even EMAIL them an order and get the prices back before confirming - and they tend to know the bits on VWs!