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Suspension Refresh E85, What's needed?

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Suspension Refresh E85, What's needed?

Post by G600 » Wed Aug 14, 2019 11:36 am

I can recommend fitting the M lollipops, I swapped to them after replacing just about everything and they made a noticeable improvement
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Suspension Refresh E85, What's needed?

Post by bearded_ed » Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:52 pm

Forgive me for being dumb. But which bit are the lollypops?

The circle with bushing and two holes on the stick bit?
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Post by patriot66 » Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:51 pm

bearded_ed wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:52 pm Forgive me for being dumb. But which bit are the lollypops?

The circle with bushing and two holes on the stick bit?
This is a 'lollipop' front lower control arm bushing
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and its location on the rear end of the control arm
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Suspension Refresh E85, What's needed?

Post by lucasxdiniz » Thu Aug 15, 2019 9:10 am

Davz wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2019 4:51 pm You will need to replace the front top mounts, mine were completely shot, with about 2mm play in the bearings, that is at 53k miles, yours at 90k?
The rears on mine were ok but I still replaced them...rubber does perish with time.
I did my front suspension yesterday, and the top mounts were in great condition, pretty much like the new ones. The bearing should have some play, as you may have noticed with the new top mounts. The shocks though... they were beyond gone. 83k Miles
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Post by saj77 » Thu Aug 15, 2019 9:04 pm

On a related note - roughly how many miles do you allow for the suspension to ‘bed in’ before getting Hunter alignment done?
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Post by Davz » Thu Aug 15, 2019 11:23 pm

lucasxdiniz wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2019 9:10 am The bearing should have some play
If your bearings have any play they are shot.
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Suspension Refresh E85, What's needed?

Post by saj77 » Sat Sep 07, 2019 1:39 pm

Regarding replacing the lollipops and rear trailing arm bushes -

Is there specific torque values when refitting the mounting bolts?
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