Dog Bone Mounts!!

[ChrisJ]

+1 they are easy! drop 3 bolts and push the new bushes in...

 

[Gez110]

Anyone in/near W.Yorks who could fit me one? Happy to pay for fitting & beers etc.

Its really easy, but I could if your desperate, i'm in Morley, Leeds. I fitted mine last weekend, bit of vibration at first, after a couple of hundred miles its already calmed down.

PM me if I can help

Cheers

Steve

 

[ChrisGTL]

Its really easy, but I could if your desperate, i'm in Morley, Leeds. I fitted mine last weekend, bit of vibration at first, after a couple of hundred miles its already calmed down.

PM me if I can help

Cheers

Steve

Im desperate! I have very limited tools (certainly no torq wrench) or ramps.

I could drink beer and keep yours safe while your under my car

 

[Gez110]

Im desperate! I have very limited tools (certainly no torq wrench) or ramps.

I could drink beer and keep yours safe while your under my car

No worries, providing the weather isn't dire, how about Saturday.

 

[ChrisGTL]

No worries, providing the weather isn't dire, how about Saturday.

I need to buy the actual part yet. Where did you get yours from m8?

 

[Craig Senior]

I need to buy the actual part yet. Where did you get yours from m8?

I have one available.

I took it off my Leon before I traded it in, it was on the car for around 6000 miles.

£5 and it's yours. I'm in West yorks, not far from Morley.

 

[Gez110]

I need to buy the actual part yet. Where did you get yours from m8?

Got mine from Awesome GTI, www.awesome-gti.co.uk

About 16 quid

 

[Gez110]

I have one available.

I took it off my Leon before I traded it in, it was on the car for around 6000 miles.

£5 and it's yours. I'm in West yorks, not far from Morley.

Hi mate

Do you have any other parts

Cheers

Steve

 

[ChrisGTL]

I have one available.

I took it off my Leon before I traded it in, it was on the car for around 6000 miles.

£5 and it's yours. I'm in West yorks, not far from Morley.

Minter! I take it 6k miles wont have really done owt to it?? ie made it soft?

When could I come over for it? I'll just shove your post-code into tommytommy.

 

[Gez110]

I need to buy the actual part yet. Where did you get yours from m8?

Can't access PM's for some reason, my number is 0113 2049206, will be home from 6pm tomorrow.

Cheers

Steve

 

[ChrisGTL]

Can't access PM's for some reason, my number is 0113 2049206, will be home from 6pm tomorrow.

Cheers

Steve

Think you may need more posts for PM's to be enabled. I shall try pick the powerflex up soon and if the weather aint too bad I could come over at weekend.

 

[Tyler Owen]

Hi mate

Do you have any other parts

Cheers

Steve

Ordered mine from there just before Christmas ... If it arrives tommorrow i shall fit on Saturday ... Not holding my breathe though if not it shall have to be another week

 

[ramzy_86]

I have read on one of the threads that when fitting the uprated dogbone mount bush it has to be torqued at a certain value,is this true?or do you just fit it back making sure its tightend?

 

[ChrisGTL]

I have one available.

I took it off my Leon before I traded it in, it was on the car for around 6000 miles.

£5 and it's yours. I'm in West yorks, not far from Morley.

Cheers for coming to see me Craig. Good to meet you - shall buy you a pint at the next meet.

 

[Gez110]

I have read on one of the threads that when fitting the uprated dogbone mount bush it has to be torqued at a certain value,is this true?or do you just fit it back making sure its tightend?

I used 30Nm for the two gearbox bolts and 20Nm for the subframe bolts. I also used loctite to ensure they don't work lose.

Hope that helps

 

[Gez110]

Think you may need more posts for PM's to be enabled. I shall try pick the powerflex up soon and if the weather aint too bad I could come over at weekend.

Ok mate, just give me a call. I'm off mountain biking in the peaks on Sunday so can only help out on Saturday, nothing planned for next weekend though

 

[ramzy_86]

cheers bud,just waiting ffor it to be delivered then have a go

 

[ChrisGTL]

Gez110,

Thanks very much for your handywork today.

All I can say is 2 words...

LOVE IT!


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When I reversed out of your drive the vibrations (more audible than physical) nearly made my ear-drums burst. Setting off in 1st was almost as bad as reversing....

Went the long way home via the Saddleworth Moor > Elland road that mirrors the M62 (wat a nice road) for a blast....(MK2 FR in front of me??? Own up, private 54 plate, Platinum Grey owner..... - looked a very nice car)


When I got down into Elland the vibrations had reduced dramatically. So thought it would be best to do a re-run test to Hollingworth Lake (wat another nice road) and by the time I got there the car felt completely different again.

Idle is fine, doesnt feel much difference from OEM. Setting off in 1st and labouring the engine is noticble (again audible vibrations not physical) against the OEM dog bone but those two slight negatives are vastly outweighed by the positives of this mod.

The car feels really tight, all seems to feel more 'together' - the gears are different (this mod is worth it just for the gears difference) as you said so much more positive and easier.

Oh and it feels like some sort of rally car when I turn engine over - seems to sprint into life much quicker (but that maybe just a placebo).


Thanks again, I proper love it!

 

[ramzy_86]

dogbone mount

Gez110,

Thanks very much for your handywork today.

All I can say is 2 words...

LOVE IT!


------------

When I reversed out of your drive the vibrations (more audible than physical) nearly made my ear-drums burst. Setting off in 1st was almost as bad as reversing....

Went the long way home via the Saddleworth > Elland road that mirrors the M62 (wat a nice road) for a blast....(MK2 FR in front of me??? Own up, private 54 plate, Platinum Grey owner..... - looked a very nice car)


When I got down into Elland the vibrations had reduced dramatically. So thought it would be best to do a re-run test to Hollingworth Lake (wat another nice road) and by the time I got there the car felt completely different again.

Idle is fine, doesnt feel much difference from OEM. Setting off in 1st and labouring the engine is noticble (again audible vibrations not physical) against the OEM dog bone but those two slight negatives are vastly outweighed by the positives of this mod.

The car feels really tight, all seems to feel more 'together' - the gears are different (this mod is worth it just for the gears difference) as you said so much more positive and easier.

Oh and it feels like some sort of rally car when I turn engine over - seems to sprint into life much quicker (but that maybe just a placebo).




Thanks again, I proper love it!

HI,DID YOU FIT A POWERFLEX BUSH KIT TO YOUR CAR?JUST RECEIVED MY POWERFLEX KIT AND CANT WAIT TO FIT IT AS THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE ON HERE SAYIN POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT THEM.WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU FITTED BOTH BUSHES?AS SOME PEOPLE HAVE ONLY USED ONE AND KEPT ONE OEM.
.FINGERS CROSSED THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE FINE 2MRW SO I CAN FIT IT.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

 

[ChrisGTL]

HI,DID YOU FIT A POWERFLEX BUSH KIT TO YOUR CAR?JUST RECEIVED MY POWERFLEX KIT AND CANT WAIT TO FIT IT AS THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE ON HERE SAYIN POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT THEM.WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU FITTED BOTH BUSHES?AS SOME PEOPLE HAVE ONLY USED ONE AND KEPT ONE OEM.
.FINGERS CROSSED THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE FINE 2MRW SO I CAN FIT IT.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

Yup, fitted both parts of the Powerflex bush. Ditch the OEM

Only thing I would say is if you do lots of driving where you are using loads of clutch control and crawling speeds then I'd maybe choose the half powerflex half OEM mod.

But if not do the whole bush. Proper love mine! Feels like a different car!