New Drop Links?

  1. Newbie Joined: Jun 2010 Redcar Posts: 14 MK1 VTS MK4 Astra PH2 306
    #1
    hey, i bought a VTR a week ago on the spur of the moment and kinda wished id waited :< Anyways since ive been driving it i've always thought that the steering wasnt quite right, jacked her up and took the wheels off to have a gander this morning and this is what i saw;








    Also when i'm driving there seems to be some sort of grinding/scraping sound coming from the wheels is this because of the droplinks or something completely different? I tend to hear the noise most when going in a straight line at about 20mph
  2. Frequent Poster Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 772
    #2
    hi there you need to get 2 new droplinks, 1 for each side that will help
  3. Saxperience Addict Joined: Aug 2008 Bedworth Posts: 10221 106 gti
    #3
    It may be the cause of the noise, cheap replacement so simple to rule it out
  4. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2006 Swansea Posts: 4946 Bianca White Peugeot 106 S2 Rallye, Saxo VTS
    #4
    Any play in the hub?
  5. Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 york/ north yorkshire Posts: 1953
    #5
    new ones are in order.

    everything seems to wear out so quick with saxos iv just had to order x2wishbones, droplinks, new track rod ends and anti roll bar bushes.

    all standard items as iv found the powerflex bushes to be a load of turd!
  6. Saxperience Addict Joined: Aug 2008 Bedworth Posts: 10221 106 gti
    #6
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PETE-VTR View Post
    new ones are in order.

    everything seems to wear out so quick with saxos iv just had to order x2wishbones, droplinks, new track rod ends and anti roll bar bushes.

    all standard items as iv found the powerflex bushes to be a load of turd!
    Should research before buying, floflex are good bushes, a little stiffer than powerflex and cheaper
  7. Newbie Joined: Jun 2010 Redcar Posts: 14 MK1 VTS MK4 Astra PH2 306
    #7
    Cheers on the replies guys I'll get onto it asap



    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mr_P View Post
    Any play in the hub?
    Nope not at all
  8. Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 york/ north yorkshire Posts: 1953
    #8
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bickerton View Post
    Should research before buying, floflex are good bushes, a little stiffer than powerflex and cheaper
    i do reserch before i buy things, never even heard of 'floflex' and at the time id bought powerflex i bet you didnt either.

    a little stiffer? they are both made from the same material
  9. Saxperience Addict Joined: Aug 2008 Bedworth Posts: 10221 106 gti
    #9
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PETE-VTR View Post
    i do reserch before i buy things, never even heard of 'floflex' and at the time id bought powerflex i bet you didnt either.

    a little stiffer? they are both made from the same material
    Yeah i bought them over powerflex as heard nothing really that positive them.

    Same material to a point yeah but different levels of flexilibty, the same way powerflex black are different ot their blue
  10. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card
    #10
    Probably same way tyres are made from the same material (rubber) but perform differently.
  11. Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 york/ north yorkshire Posts: 1953
    #11
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bickerton View Post
    Same material to a point yeah but different levels of flexilibty, the same way powerflex black are different ot their blue
    both bushes are made from same material and same size/fitment. theres no physical difference so on what grounds can you state that one is stiffer then the other???
  12. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card
    #12
    You can get blacks. Might not be on their website since they had the fire, but i thought they got everything back to normal now. Might be redseigning the blacks or somthing, but they do do them.
  13. Established Member Joined: Apr 2008 Hereford Posts: 1381 Indigo 16v Rallye + 2 VTS's
    #13
    Where sells these floflex bushes bic?
  14. Saxperience Addict Joined: Aug 2008 Bedworth Posts: 10221 106 gti
    #14
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by VTSTomE View Post
    Where sells these floflex bushes bic?
    http://www.floflex.co.uk/

    They also trade on ebay, is sometimes cheaper goin through their ebay store
  15. Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 york/ north yorkshire Posts: 1953
    #15
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by VTSTomE View Post
    Where sells these floflex bushes bic?
    here; http://www.floflex.co.uk/

    just interested tbh bickerton, if theres solid proof they are better ill get some ordered
  16. West Midlands Joined: Nov 2005 Nuneaton (West Mids) Posts: 13835 '64 Volvo V40 R’Design, '89 Ph1 309 GTi, ‘97 Mk1 S
    #16
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PETE-VTR View Post
    here; http://www.floflex.co.uk/

    just interested tbh bickerton, if theres solid proof they are better ill get some ordered
    Pete the FloFlex ones do appear to be stiffer items than the purple powerflex ones (not to mention much cheaper)

    They havn't been around long enough to confirm how well they compare once theyve had a good bit of use though

    However, if you're looking for something much stiffer than the purple powerflex, then you'd be much better looking at the Red Polyrace ones as theyre very very good value for money compared to powerflex items and certainly compared to the powerflex black ones which are similar in stiffness terms
  17. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo
    #17
    wish i bought these lol i fitted powerflex arb bushes and polyrace wishbone bushes, only bought the polyrace ones because they were cheaper, i still need to do my lower g/box mount and rear beam mounts so i think ill be purchasing these
  18. Established Member Joined: Sep 2009 Doncaster. Posts: 2115 Y' Reg MK2 1.6i VTR
    #18
    Mine used to make a whining noise when free rolling but since i changed the drop links it doesnt do it no more .