Can someone identify please..

toddao · Post by **toddao** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 6:08 pm

something to do with the front suspension?

Post by **docchevron** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 6:22 pm

yep, front wishbone bush.

toddao · Post by **toddao** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 6:42 pm

Thanks Chris. It's because I've never had to do any repairs there yet that I wouldn't know that - the time is coming though.. are these standard throughout the BX range? And what would be the approximate cost new?

Post by **docchevron** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 7:39 pm

Standard on all Mk2's, not sure if they are the same on Mk1's though since they had the roller bearings aswell....
Although they probably are the same???

Not too bad a job on a mk2, but if you need to do the bearings on a mk1.... well, thats a tad more involved..

EDIT: cost is about £25GBP IIRC.

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:34 pm

Some of the later MK1s had these same bushes.

citronut · Post by **citronut** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 12:21 am

yes all BX's used these bush's even the ones with tapper bearings in the front sub frame, as the arm still had bush's to stop road noise transmitting back up through the car body,

each arm has two bush's one like your picy and the other is called a mushroom bush as it has a flandge around one end,

GSF list both

N42225 in there 06 catalouge they were 7.20 pounds

N42226 " " " " " " 4.50 "

regards malcolm

Linegeist · Post by **Linegeist** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:09 am

Excellent info! Ta!

toddao · Post by **toddao** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:43 pm

thankyou for replies. There's a bloke on Ebay here who sells off a lot of BX parts and some he can't identify. I actually forgot to bid on them anyway! But at least I know what they are now!

maxgreenwood · Post by **maxgreenwood** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:41 pm

you'll have fun getting the old ones out.

I can still smell the sweet filth of burning rubber from when me and Citroen7 took to my old ones with a blowtorch and some used oil.

A press and/or some careful hacksawing might be better...