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(Message started by: Simmo on Jun 10^th, 2010, 9:40pm)

Title: Estate rear shock absorber.
Post by Simmo on Jun 10^th, 2010, 9:40pm

As most will know the bottom bush on the estate self levelling shock absorber is an integral part of the unit and there is no available replacement. Thus if it fails the only answer is to replace the whole unit. Current price is.....£275 per side!!!!. Does anyone have an old unit available as it is hoped that a firm called Polybush may be able to supply a bush BUT the critical thing is the precise size of the bush and the bore of the 'bar' which goes through the centre. Clearly with a unit off the car this should not be too difficult to obtain or it may even be possible to persuade the company to inspect a shock absorber and come up with a suitable bush. Any help would be appreciated and could well save yet more cars being scrapped on economic grounds. Thank you.

Title: Re: Estate rear shock absorber.
Post by Scorpio_Mike on Jun 10^th, 2010, 10:40pm

I have one or two spare... :-)

Title: Re: Estate rear shock absorber.
Post by Simmo on Jun 11^th, 2010, 7:34am

I find that hard to believe!!!!.......Mike, I'll be in touch and perhaps we can arrange to meet up. Ideally I'd like to persuade the guy to let me send him a duff unit so that we can be sure of getting the right result if it's possible. Thanks, Mike.

Title: Re: Estate rear shock absorber.
Post by tlundkvi on Jun 13^th, 2010, 9:31pm

Simmo, they really are helpful, for 100 pairs they would do series production, not much and they talked economically feasible after this figure. But as you pretty much summarized they still need the dimensions, they might even have suitable ones off the shelf.

Title: Re: Estate rear shock absorber.
Post by Highlander on Jun 13^th, 2010, 10:02pm

They will have them on the shelf, its a standard bobbin bush, just need the size

Title: Re: Estate rear shock absorber.
Post by Simmo on Jun 14^th, 2010, 9:32am

Scorpio Mike...check PM's please. Mike

Title: Re: Estate rear shock absorber.
Post by Scorpio_Mike on Jun 16^th, 2010, 1:19pm

on 06/14/10 at 09:32:58, Simmo wrote:

Scorpio Mike...check PM's please. Mike

Mike,

Checked my PM's and replied.

Do you still want it or have I got to bung it back in the cave ?