So i just found out why my Multi wont stay on track. The front bushing of the lower left whishbone in the front are comlpetly worn outs. And it was also on the way of removing it selfe from the braket...

So In Sweden the Multi (or any other Fiat) isnt very common so ill ask you.
2 choises:
1, Change the complete whishbone, its not cheap in SWE over £100!
So maybe i get a used one and replace it.

2, Change only the front bushing, not available at separate part in SWE.
But its available for a Bravo or a Marea. Can get one of those to fit my Multi whishbone?
If i haven´t measured wrong the Multi bushing has a hole diameter about 23-25mm and a legth about 40-45mm does anybody know the measurments on a Bravo or a Marea?

Hi Fredde, The exact same thing happened to my Multipla last month. The nearside front wishbone bush was so worn that the rubber came out while driving and I had to get recovered. When I removed the wishbone the other bush (rear) was also badly worn so I would recommend you buy the whole new wishbone if you can afford it. I paid £80 for mine but the prices vary depending on the brand etc. My tracking was miles out after I fitted it so I had to have the tracking done again. I am not sure if the Maria or Bravo are the same item but if you ask at your local dealer they could tell you.

THANKS! i havnt eaven thought about that i only serched for the whishbone at Ebay... you find what you serch for and i didnt serch for the bushes...
Thanks again i shall check both UK and Germany!
/F

FAI make the bushes (www dot faiauto dot com) and the part number for the front bushes is SS4307 for the front bushes. They are the same both sides. I bought 2 bushes for £17 all in from (www dot yes4carparts dot com) and they also have an ebay shop.

In addition to the normal procedure for removing the wishbone you need to get the old bush inner sleeve off the wishbone once the wishbone is removed; it is an interference fit with no room to get a puller on. I used a small angle grinder with a metal cutting disc to carefully cut the sleeve along its length and then used some brute force and ignorance to open it up and twist it off. Try not to damage the wishbone spindle too much when cutting the sleeve and use chemical metal to repair any groove left. I used a blow torch to heat the inner sleeve of the new bush for a few seconds before whacking it in but you dont have to. The bush needs to go fully on, and I lined it up with the rear bush by eye as the original fronts had disentegrated so much there was nothing else to go by. Once its on you wont be able to rotate it if it is at the wrong angle so check twice!

The job took me 4 and a half hours, although that was 3hours for the first side and then I knew what I was doing!
Tools you need as well as decent sockets and spanners (17mm and 19mm) are:
Bottle jack for reseating the balljoint and lifting the suspension to an angle where you can get the bolts back into the wishbone bushes
Small crowbar (use the tip to pop the balljoint out - lever against the hub gently)
club hammer to tap everything back into line when refitting, and to seat the new bush. A normal hammer is too light for the job as you need some accuracy with small swings!
Angle grinder to cut the old bush off.
Coppaslip for all the bolts and the balljoint pin.

I did this job on my own but another pair of hands would be useful when getting the wishbone in/out. Get the tracking checked afterwards as mine was out (nothing new on this car though).

The only other tip I can offer is to use plenty of WD40 on all the bolts before and during removing, especially the ones on the rear bush as the thread is only aluminium and you need it to survive. Clean the bolts well before refitting and use coppaslip.

Good luck.

Re: LH and RH bushes
A little word of warning, while Jamie gave an excellent description of the job - one which I would have been glad of before I did the same a couple of months back!, I am pretty sure the LH and RH front bushes are different, as there is a tapered collar at the start of the bush to ensure everything lines up before hammering or pressing the bush onto the wishbone. Trickiest bit I found was lining up the wishbone correctly to ensure you do not cross-thread the fitting bolts.

Dermot said:

Re: LH and RH bushes
A little word of warning, while Jamie gave an excellent description of the job - one which I would have been glad of before I did the same a couple of months back!, I am pretty sure the LH and RH front bushes are different, as there is a tapered collar at the start of the bush to ensure everything lines up before hammering or pressing the bush onto the wishbone. Trickiest bit I found was lining up the wishbone correctly to ensure you do not cross-thread the fitting bolts.

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Just found this to be correct Dermot with our 02 Multipla 1.9D

I recently purchased 2 front wishbone bushes from yescarparts on Ebay, both had the same part number - But the pivot bores in the bush were sloppy on the wishbone and no tapered collar was present (like the ones removed) so I had to return them.

Yescarparts then sent me the rear bushes as replacements but I have fitted them and decided to source the fronts from elsewhere.

I have now just ordered the 2 fronts from a local factor and can confirm the front N/S and O/S bushes both have different part numbers as do the rears.

Question is - Yescarparts have sold lots of single part number front bushes to Ebayers - so who uses them

I just bought a set of wishbones at ebay germany, I'm in holland (102 euro including shipping)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230382325003&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT.

The price between separate bushes and a complete wishbone is not worth the effort.

cajos1968 said:

I just bought a set of wishbones at ebay germany, I'm in holland (102 euro including shipping)


The price between separate bushes and a complete wishbone is not worth the effort.

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I agree with this after fitting the bushes - buy the wishbones and save grinding discs.
Whilst doing this I also fitted new antirollbar bushes too.