Diff Bushes Gone In ~450Km

[skidxr6t]

Hey all,

So I had diff bushes done under dealer warranty on a BA, now the thing is they knew I'd been driving like a dickhead (all burnt rubber under guards, tyres half shredded) and they did the diff bush anyway for me and many other things under the warranty they have to provide when selling a used car...all sweet I thought...

Car drove wonderfully , took it for a 400km drive towing a trailer, thrashing the crap out of it with the trailer the whole way to where I was going, I did a couple of decent skids (ON A TRACK OF COURSE) and bam pretty much right away noticed I'd flogged the bush again.

It's no where near as bad as the old bush but I'm actually shocked as I knew the ford bush would not last long but seriously I thought I'd be going through more tyres than diff bushes!

Was replaced with original ford bush, I can't be bothered seeing this dealer again but really just a few burnouts and I've flogged a bush, Could thrashing the car while towing have a negative effect on the bush? I'm sure whatever workshop I see next will sus out whether it's installed correctly and if it was incorrectly installed I'll nail the dealer and send them the bill.

What are the thoughts of the people here? I looked under the car and I can see the center one is completely flogged, all torn and sh*t. How long do these dammed ford bushes last for?

Thanks for reading.

[turbotrana]

You should have got a job at Ford 10 years ago as a test engineer.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Did they change all the bushes or just the rear?

[ratter]

they will not reimburse you or even have to if they were responsible and you had it repaired elsewhere.

[JETURBO]

Piks of skids ?

[jas98]

id say your driveing has caused it (as u already know) .........how f*cking hard were you drving it hahaha

[PSI O6T]

  On 13/04/2013 at 6:04 AM, jas98 said:

id say your driveing has caused it (as u already know) .........how f*cking hard were you drving it hahaha

so you cant drive these cars hard then ???

[Never had any say Panda]

You can drive them hard just with Clutch dumps and skids (while towing!?!?)... You've gotta expect things to break..

[The Converted]

Will they supply labour under warranty and use super pro items if supplied by you?

[skidxr6t]

It's just a flash tuned BA, generic tuned.

Going in for fuel injectors and a proper custom tune at XFT soon.

It just loves the cool temperatures down south of WA and I was just doing massive skids with it, of course on a private property which has a tarmac'd area.

I sorta remember feeling the point where it flogged the bush, was not towing at the time, had a big cloud of smoke which had filled the car up, I can't describe it, it was like taking a girls virginity, it defiantly felt less tight.

All three bushes were replaced with ford genuine. I've done a few thousand km's now and gone through 2 sets of rear tyres and it doesn't seem to have become nearly as worse as the last time the bush was flogged( original with car).

It'd be too cheeky for me to return to these guys after having to extensively clean under the car and replace one of the black mudguards inside and try and say they musta stuffed it up, I've got the money to sort this out myself.

I don't even pretend to be a better driver than I am either, I've come very close to things not turning out so well a little too often so after getting new bushes fitted I'll relax. I can't imagine what other cars here are capable of doing, it just amazes me really, I'm not sure what power I'll get with injectors put in but I shall find out - I'm sure XFT will look after me.

Edited 16/04/13 06:30 AM by johnxr6t