Creaking suspension after cupra console bushes and new arb

Andy G · 19-05-2008, 19:40

Hi,

This is my first post so please bare with me. I have a 2004 Fabia VRS with which I am very pleased. Yesterday I had cupra console bushes fitted and a new arb to cure a slight suspension knock. This seems to have worked and the handling is also much sharper, as expected having read lots of threads prior to getting the work done. However today something has started creaking at low speeds. It sounds like it is eminating from the console bushes. I just wondered if any one else has experienced this problem after a bush change.

Your comments would be most appreciated.

Andy

Lummox · 19-05-2008, 20:02

Were they fitted with the required bush lube.

Stewart_S3 · 19-05-2008, 20:21

Forgive my ignorance but what are 'console' bushes?

Andy G · 19-05-2008, 20:35

Hi, as far as I'm aware they were assembled with the lube, but without actually going back to my mechanic and asking the question. I've had a look and there does appear to be some copper grease or something similar around the console bushes and the arb bushes. Funny thing is there was no creaking yesterday straight after the fitting!

Basil · 19-05-2008, 20:59

Mine creaked for a bit after I fitted them myself - sprayed some WD-40 in their centers and they settled down afterwards.
Only the correct VAG lube should be used - other types remain and allow the bush to rotate about in use. Copper grease isn't the correct lube to use. I used washing up liquid which worked well as an emergency substitute......

HTH
Bas

Andy G · 19-05-2008, 21:24

Thanks for your reply Basil, I'll try giving them a squirt of WD40 in the centre. I take it then that it's the wishbone moving in the bush that causes the creaking?

Stewart FYI - The console bushes are the front wishbone rear bushes. These bushes sit in castings that hold the suspension to the bottom of your car. The castings are called consoles, hence the term 'console bush'

rum4mo · 20-05-2008, 10:33

Just an outside chance, but if you you were as unlucky as me, one or both bushes may have been fitted in reverse - this means that the spigot and the tapered section of the TCA tend to foul the flat face of the rear of the bush - this flat face should be facing the rear of the car and the front face has a stepped profile to avoid this happening.

19-05-2008, 19:40	#1
Andy G Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 18	Creaking suspension after cupra console bushes and new arb Hi, This is my first post so please bare with me. I have a 2004 Fabia VRS with which I am very pleased. Yesterday I had cupra console bushes fitted and a new arb to cure a slight suspension knock. This seems to have worked and the handling is also much sharper, as expected having read lots of threads prior to getting the work done. However today something has started creaking at low speeds. It sounds like it is eminating from the console bushes. I just wondered if any one else has experienced this problem after a bush change. Your comments would be most appreciated. Andy

19-05-2008, 20:02	#2
Lummox Hairy Yeti Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Newport Pagnell Posts: 20,191	Re: Creaking suspension after cupra console bushes and new arb Were they fitted with the required bush lube. __________________ 1988 Golf GTi - Made up of MK2, MK3 and MK4 Golf and Corrado parts also bits of Audi TT and even Ibiza Cupra. Truly a VAG car indeed.

19-05-2008, 20:21	#3
Stewart_S3 Briskodian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Blackpool Posts: 34	Re: Creaking suspension after cupra console bushes and new arb Forgive my ignorance but what are 'console' bushes? __________________ Public Enemy #1. Wanted on many forums on three counts of bad behaviour: 1. Daring to criticise the mighty S3 and LCR (and now VRS!) and questioning their greatness. 2. Upsetting the cotton-wool people who inhabit the above forums 3. Founding Member of Monty Python's 'Argument Clinic'.

19-05-2008, 20:35	#4
Andy G Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 18	Re: Creaking suspension after cupra console bushes and new arb Hi, as far as I'm aware they were assembled with the lube, but without actually going back to my mechanic and asking the question. I've had a look and there does appear to be some copper grease or something similar around the console bushes and the arb bushes. Funny thing is there was no creaking yesterday straight after the fitting!

19-05-2008, 20:59	#5
Basil hardcore modder Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bahrain, Arabian Gulf Posts: 2,779	Re: Creaking suspension after cupra console bushes and new arb Mine creaked for a bit after I fitted them myself - sprayed some WD-40 in their centers and they settled down afterwards. Only the correct VAG lube should be used - other types remain and allow the bush to rotate about in use. Copper grease isn't the correct lube to use. I used washing up liquid which worked well as an emergency substitute...... HTH Bas __________________ Fab vRS - Black Magic - PD160 intake - Forge FMIC - colour coded front grille -SLC Splitter - K&N Airfilter -SEAT Strutbrace - Jabba ARB - IC Waterspray (need to wire it in!) - 312mm TT brakes - Eibach Springs - Skoda Reversing sensors - Devonutopia Tuning (tm) Custom Exhaust (2 1/4" straight pipe) - Short shifter mod- 5 brake light mod - Helix Steel SMF + Organic Clutch + pressure plate - Peloquin LSD - TD stage 2 Hybrid - Washbrook remapped ECU - Uprated injectors - Cupra bushes -Poly-filled dogbone - Allard racepipe - Pirelli Dragons - Forge Rear Strutbrace - DIY SS upper boostpipe delete -Koni FSD's - elephant pipe CCV mod

19-05-2008, 21:24	#6
Andy G Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 18	Re: Creaking suspension after cupra console bushes and new arb Thanks for your reply Basil, I'll try giving them a squirt of WD40 in the centre. I take it then that it's the wishbone moving in the bush that causes the creaking? Stewart FYI - The console bushes are the front wishbone rear bushes. These bushes sit in castings that hold the suspension to the bottom of your car. The castings are called consoles, hence the term 'console bush'

20-05-2008, 10:33	#7
rum4mo Briskodian Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 506	Re: Creaking suspension after cupra console bushes and new arb Just an outside chance, but if you you were as unlucky as me, one or both bushes may have been fitted in reverse - this means that the spigot and the tapered section of the TCA tend to foul the flat face of the rear of the bush - this flat face should be facing the rear of the car and the front face has a stepped profile to avoid this happening.

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