Thread: Slight change in direction off/on throttle?

Originally Posted by Yorkshire_Jon

This is interesting... Those bushes are normally not affected by suspension lift and as such are not affected by articulation.

How much lift do you have? I can't recall with certainty the way the arms fit but to me, it looks as though the top most part of the trailing arm immediately forward of the bush has been fouling on the axle mounts under maximum articulation - notice how the centre point of the bush is not along the centreline of the arm. That being the case, the weakest point of failure will be the bush itself as the point of rotation will move to the two fowling surfaces (above and forward of the bolt), which would then lead to premature bush failure as it pulls itself apart.

As I mentioned earlier I have those arms with King Spring KLRR-05 springs and SuperPro bushes and have no problems in this regard. Though maybe I should have a play with the trolley jack and high lift this weekend to double check!!

hth
J

Minimal lift, perhaps 30-40mm max... it was the only the one side that was knackered, the drivers side was OK. So perhaps it was an installation issue or just a bad bush, who knows.