My Punto failed its MOT last week on the rear sub-frame front bushes, I rang motor factors they said it would be a days wait to get them, so I rang fiat dealer they had them in stock, when I went to get them they said we only do this repair thing that goes over the top of the old one, it was just a big rubber dish type thing, I said you cant do that they said we fit them all the time, I said no thanks and went and ordered some from the motor factors,
I had to make a tool out of 2 bits of square bar and 2 pieces of tube and a 6” bolt easy as a local friendly metal works gave me the bits an cut them to size and drilled a 12mm hole in the bars, they would not take any money!
Once I had made a tool to press the new ones in it was a tem minute job each side, you just have to jack up the rear of the car and put it on stands take wheels off then undo 2 bolts lower the sub-frame tap the old bush out with a chisel then press the new ones in with a special tool, put the sub-frame back up re fit bolts repeat on the other side job done. So I have no idea why fiat sell these bodging rubbers I told the MOT guy about them and he said that they would just cover the problem up not cure it. They were the same price as the proper part was.
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I had to make a tool out of 2 bits of square bar and 2 pieces of tube and a 6” bolt easy as a local friendly metal works gave me the bits an cut them to size and drilled a 12mm hole in the bars, they would not take any money!
Once I had made a tool to press the new ones in it was a tem minute job each side, you just have to jack up the rear of the car and put it on stands take wheels off then undo 2 bolts lower the sub-frame tap the old bush out with a chisel then press the new ones in with a special tool, put the sub-frame back up re fit bolts repeat on the other side job done. So I have no idea why fiat sell these bodging rubbers I told the MOT guy about them and he said that they would just cover the problem up not cure it. They were the same price as the proper part was.
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