Greetings all,
Finally started on refurbishing the suspension of my 1750 GTV. Have
dismantled most of the front left side, so that the only items still on the
car are the two halves of the lower wishbone (A-arm for our USA friends, is
it?). I've removed the lower ball joint so the two legs of the wishbone are
free to be moved around separately. My query is, can I assess the condition
of the inner bushes while the arms are still on their pivots on the car
body? I don't want to dismantle and rebuild these pivots if there's nothing
wrong with them.
They seem OK to me so far, but I don't know exactly what to look for when
checking these assemblies. Here's what I've done so far (separately on each
half of the wishbone):
- Swung each arm up and down around the range of its pivot, and confirmed
movement is completely smooth and even, and with what I feel is a nice
gentle amount of friction (i.e. not at all sloppy but not overly tight).
- Grabbed the outer end of each arm and confirmed no detectable free play
when pushing in and pulling out at right angles to the pivot.
- Holding the outer end of each arm, moved the end gently from side to side,
to apply a rocking movement to the pivot. In this test, there was some free
play in the pivots, allowing the arms to swing about ten degrees either way
from their natural rest position.
Any advice or comments please?
Many thanks,
Graham Hilder,
NZ (GTV, 156, Alfasud ti and Sprint).
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