Serious wishbone troubles!

1. Bobo0907 Frequent Poster Joined: May 2010 North East Scotland Posts: 686 Inferno 182, S2 Indigo Rallye

   #1 19th February 2011, 18:24

   Ok replacing the drivers side wishbone, and its being a serious pain in the ass. The bush that goes into the chasiss leg just will NOT line up correctly with the holes for the bolt to go through. We have tried:
   
   jacking the bush up, but it just ends up jacking up the whole car,
   making a bolt with a chamfered end and hammering it through to try make the holes in line,
   pulling it up with a thick screwdriver.
   
   Any one got any good tips/ideas for trying to line this damn hole up??
   
   Thanks
2. elkoi Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 Staffordshire Posts: 510 Red mk1 Vtr

   #2 19th February 2011, 18:26

   Cant you use a G clamp? :\
3. iSlayeR Established Member Joined: Aug 2009 King's lynn Posts: 2073 Turbocharged vtr

   #3 19th February 2011, 18:29

   Check you have the right wishbone , When i did mine, i put the 2 bolts through the footwell first, then with a mallet, tapped the bush in line, then put the bolt in and jiggled it about till it went through, can't really see why it wouldn't go through easy
4. Chris_O Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2007 Kent Posts: 4175 RB25'd s14a + 2008 MWB Transit

   #4 19th February 2011, 18:31

   Have you got polybushes in or just standards?
5. Bobo0907 Frequent Poster Joined: May 2010 North East Scotland Posts: 686 Inferno 182, S2 Indigo Rallye

   #5 19th February 2011, 18:47

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by elkoi Cant you use a G clamp? :\

   It fits in the chasiss leg fine, just the bolt holes wont line up.
   
   

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by iSlayeR Check you have the right wishbone , When i did mine, i put the 2 bolts through the footwell first, then with a mallet, tapped the bush in line, then put the bolt in and jiggled it about till it went through, can't really see why it wouldn't go through easy

   Fairly sure its the correct one. Placed it on top of the old one and they both looked the same
   Yeah its in through the footwell, got the bush in so far, but now the holes just wont line up. Tried hitting the bush up while jiggling the bolt about but no joy with it.
   
   

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Chris_O Have you got polybushes in or just standards?

   Just the standard bushes.
6. nickwillyhams Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2009 Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 247 2000 16v

   #6 20th February 2011, 16:46

   If itd the rivht part it should go straight on, the car got any accident damage? Sounds like geometry is out somewhere!?