Cinquecento How to replace the rear arm bushes

[Benjammo]

I'll add the how to put the new one back in as soon as the paints dried and I can get them in.

 

[the gardener]

Nice One!

I,m doing mine at the weekend 'Weather permitting'

Can't wait to get rid of the knocking noise.

Simon

 

[Benjammo]

One of mine was so bad the inner sleve just pushed out and there was a good 1-2mm play. so it had to get done

 

[the gardener]

Quick question,

I am sure my rear bushes need doing as i am getting knocking noises when on rough pot holed roads, speed humps etc.

Would it also cause general instability from the rear end?
I have noticed at times the car just doesn,t feel right and seems to wander very slightly from left to right and i,m having to correct the travel of the car quite often.
I am used to driving a big comfortable volvo estate so could be that i,m not used to a smaller car?
Cheers

Simon

 

[Benjammo]

Mine was doing the same thing, it kinda made it look like I was durnk when I was driving it.
The best bet is to change all the bushes, powerflex sets are around £110-£120 ish, also worth changing/looking at is the anti roll bar if its a sporting.

 

[Benjammo]

well the paints dried so heres how I pressed in the new powerflex bushes.

I don't have acess to a proper garage, infact all this was done in my living room (sorry love.)

first, lube the new bushes with the greace you should get with your kit, it looks just like copper greace.

then press them in by hand as far as you can.


stand the arn on its end, you may need a little help from a friend and place a jack between the two bushes. this would be a lot easier if it was a bottle jack but I don't have one.

place a block oner the bush, I'm using 10mm foamex because I've got it kicking around, but wood would be just as good.


next pump up the jack untill the bushes are seated properly.


all done, bushes are now pressed into the arm, time to fit them to the car.

 

[ycming]

This indeed worked a treat . I have used a 30mm socket to push the old rubber bush out.

Ming

 

[ycming]

I pushed the poly bushes by hand and hammer it down when it got stubborn for the last 1cm or so.

 

[solpap]

This is excellent! I think i can give this a try!!

Can I please ask where you got the hub puller from?

I had a look on the internet but couldnt find anything that looks like it.

Is it a specific Fiat or Seicento tool?

Many thanks,
Sol

 

[Benjammo]

it was from halfords, it comes up on there till as a leg puller, had the lady at the till in giggles for ages. I think it was only about £12.

 

[Mytheroo]

can also use a g-clamp with the right size sockets.....if you heat up the metal with hot air gun it makes the rubber softer and easier to get out if you're having a bit of trouble with it

 

[Andi9386]

Thanks for the info and Guides heer folks, I'm needing to do mine very soon.

 

[Benjammo]

just thought I'd post the finished rear subframe, now its all back together on the car

 

[ycming]

just thought I'd post the finished rear subframe, now its all back together on the carView attachment 75866

Should of undersealed the car while all that stuff was off .

Ming

 

[Benjammo]

maybe, but to be honest, apart from the bit if rust you can see its all solid under there.

 

[Pep0]

Waaaaaah excellent

 

[smokychento]

this will help me alot in the next week cheers for the thread guys!

 

[little J]

sweet!

love the paint job under the car!

i think the real trick is to try n get it done without getting the trailing arm out from under the car.. so leave the damper bolt in and let the arm hang off it while you do the bushes..

what milage did yours wear out at? im at 53000 and im dreading doing the job any time soon..

 

[Benjammo]

Mine were bad for 2 or 3 years so its hard to say really, I think it will have been a little more than that. its honestly not a hard job, I was a real noob when I did the guide so if I can do it you can. For the sake of the damper bolt, Id get it off the car to do it, more comfortable and you can let the dog see the rabbit so to speak.