Bongo Fury

mikeonb4c wrote:No probs - happy to help

But seriously, I wonder if there is some way the antiroll bar theory could be tested before making what might be an unnecessary spend. For example, I followed a tip from Dandywarhol and simply sleeved my old ARB bushes with some bicycle tyre liner (click on thumbnail pics below). It worked so well that two years later, the job is still solid. The real point though is that if you do that and you still have the drumming sound, then it ought to prove (unfortunately) that the problem is somewhere else.

Good tip Mike~well worth considering

Cheap as chips - just like me

Dandywarhol gets credit for it

PS - if you do it, use a tube as a former (see pic above) and evostick the liner in place (more than one layer if you feel inclined but from memory it shouldn't need it). Most importantly trim the edges neatly flush with the bushes just in case a pernickity MOT station takes issue with the DIY repair (frankly, they shouldn't though as its a very solid and sound fix provided the old rubbers aren't badly perished). Incidentally, for the purposes of eliminating the antirollbar, you could stuff any old thing (rag or w.h.y.) in there just to firm things up and allow you to discover on a road test whether loose bushes were the cause (I've a niggling feeling they might not be the cause but hope I am proved wrong)

Hi Ray,

I've just got these for mine

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mazda-Bongo-Freed ... 3ca51ab2a6

they do the rears as well

Cheers
Steve

thepickles wrote:Hi Ray,

I've just got these for mine

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mazda-Bongo-Freed ... 3ca51ab2a6

they do the rears as well

Cheers
Steve

Cheers Steve~at least yours have lasted longer than mine only had it 5or6 weeks

Well good result ~it stopped raining this afternoon (at last) so thought i'd sort my anti roll bar bushes out~took old ones off & was'nt too pleased as they (to me) looked good,anyway thought i'd buy 2 new ones & replace them put them on had a test drive & could'nt believe the difference the "rumble in the jungle" has gone (thank god)
So thanks to you lovely people for the advise & the bonus was it was a cheap fix.

Triple/R wrote:Well good result ~it stopped raining this afternoon (at last) so thought i'd sort my anti roll bar bushes out~took old ones off & was'nt too pleased as they (to me) looked good,anyway thought i'd buy 2 new ones & replace them put them on had a test drive & could'nt believe the difference the "rumble in the jungle" has gone (thank god)
So thanks to you lovely people for the advise & the bonus was it was a cheap fix.

Wow - great result. I was waiting for it not to be that - unusual for me to guess it right (I feel all technical all of a sudden ).

Save the planet ( ) by keeping the old ones and sleeving them with bicycle inner tube ready for re-use. I'm quite sure that works pretty much as well as new ones.

Triple/R wrote:Well good result ~it stopped raining this afternoon (at last) so thought i'd sort my anti roll bar bushes out~took old ones off & was'nt too pleased as they (to me) looked good,anyway thought i'd buy 2 new ones & replace them put them on had a test drive & could'nt believe the difference the "rumble in the jungle" has gone (thank god)
So thanks to you lovely people for the advise & the bonus was it was a cheap fix.

Now I'm not going to tell you, I told you so........