Front Wishbone

KP · Unread post by KP » 05 Jun 2009, 08:29

Is the drivers side front wishbone the same for any other model or is it activa specific?? Mine has decided that one of the rubber bush's is a rare delight and is gobbling it up and seems to be causing some vibration at speeds...

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 05 Jun 2009, 08:32

Hi Will,

No they're different and specific to the Activa. They are often seen on eBay.

The bushes are individually replacable so no need to write-off the whole wishbone.

Is it the "P" bush or the more conventional bush that is being eaten? The former is easy (ish) to replace but the latter really needs a press.

KP · Unread post by KP » 05 Jun 2009, 11:01

Morning Jim

Its the rearmost one that links onto the subframe IIRC that has gone.

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 05 Jun 2009, 13:22

Ahh, that'll be the "P" bush Will..

Arm yourself with a large club hammer and a cold chisel and you'll be fine. Be a tad careful getting the old one off as you don't want to nick the spigot with the cold chisel as there is a chance this could act as a stress riser in the future. For the same reason, be exceedingly careful if you take an hacksaw or angle grinder to it.

Use a socket to drift the new one home but do be careful as the alignment of it is critical. Ensure the new one goes back on in exactly the same position as the old one came off.

OE ones have alignment dots but aftermarket ones often don't.

XantiaMan · Unread post by **XantiaMan** » 06 Jun 2009, 18:52

CitroJim wrote:
Arm yourself with a large club hammer and a cold chisel and you'll be fine..

Yep and mind your foot

KP · Unread post by KP » 07 Jun 2009, 11:09

Does the wishbone need to come off to do this??

I now have a perfect camera for jobs like this but i'll need to find somewhere to host them as well

Also how much am i looking for the P bush from citroen as i guess they are the only ones that will suppply it??

XantiaMan · Unread post by **XantiaMan** » 07 Jun 2009, 11:19

KP wrote:Does the wishbone need to come off to do this??

I now have a perfect camera for jobs like this but i'll need to find somewhere to host them as well

Also how much am i looking for the P bush from citroen as i guess they are the only ones that will suppply it??

Yes it needs to come off although in all honesty, its quite a simple job, hardest part is wiggling the wishbone out! They aint that expensive, and the aftermarket bushes are ok as long as you mark out the exact position of the old bush.

Unread post by **myglaren** » 07 Jun 2009, 14:35

KP wrote: I now have a perfect camera for jobs like this but i'll need to find somewhere to host them as well

Photobucket and ImageShack ar both pretty good and the free accounts are more than adequate. Both have resizing and thumbnail tools.

Also Flickr, 'specially if you already have a BT?Yahoo account.

XantiaMan · Unread post by **XantiaMan** » 07 Jun 2009, 19:38

Use Flickr, its great. Allows you to put original size pictures up. Here's a link to my photostream as an example.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/garethkidman/

Unread post by **myglaren** » 07 Jun 2009, 19:53

I just rediscovered my Flickr account, unused for four years.

KP · Unread post by KP » 07 Jun 2009, 21:32

Just been looking thru the photos of my activa on your account Gareth

I used to have a service from an old ISP of about 2 gig of online storage and i could put what i wanted up there and link to it easily but thats no longer available

will have to try one of those other places as so many photo's we have and want to store them safely somewhere in the cloud incase the worst ever happens!

Unread post by **myglaren** » 07 Jun 2009, 21:46

Google also have a photo hosting site.
I have previously been unable to use it but can now. Will likely use it as I tend to use a lot of Google's services.

Picasa.web

XantiaMan · Unread post by **XantiaMan** » 07 Jun 2009, 21:58

KP wrote:Just been looking thru the photos of my activa on your account Gareth

I used to have a service from an old ISP of about 2 gig of online storage and i could put what i wanted up there and link to it easily but thats no longer available will have to try one of those other places as so many photo's we have and want to store them safely somewhere in the cloud incase the worst ever happens!

Yep i put a few on there. I'm addicted to it at the moment!

KP · Unread post by KP » 22 Jun 2009, 12:20

Does anyone know the part number for the P bush at all as i can't seem to see it as a solo item on service net, just a whole wishbone unit though i may not be reading the site right or very well

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 22 Jun 2009, 22:18

GSF do P bushes Mike ..

N42228 FR CONT ARM REAR BUSH R/H XANTIA REAR BUSH RH

N42229 FR CONT ARM REAR BUSH L/H XANTIA REAR BUSH LH

£13.60 each.

They're not well described though