Bongo Fury

in the sticky
for the parts list you say that ford Galaxy and vauxhall vectra drop links will fit front and rear just to queery are these both for the front of the bongo if so which parts fit the rear of the bongo

searchers wrote:in the sticky
for the parts list you say that ford Galaxy and vauxhall vectra drop links will fit front and rear just to queery are these both for the front of the bongo if so which parts fit the rear of the bongo

vectra for the front
galaxy for the rear
make sure you change the galaxy rears in pairs as there is a slight difference in length

rob

rob and karen wrote:

searchers wrote:in the sticky
for the parts list you say that ford Galaxy and vauxhall vectra drop links will fit front and rear just to queery are these both for the front of the bongo if so which parts fit the rear of the bongo

vectra for the front
galaxy for the rear
make sure you change the galaxy rears in pairs as there is a slight difference in length

rob

Bought both they were just about the same lenth with what looks like track rod ends
Rear ones are about 3 inches long with a rubber bush at each end

I went to a local motor factors for Galaxy rear drop links, and quoted the part numbers I found in the search section of this site. When the factor came out with them, they looked nothing like the Bongo ones. I went home and found another part number from another search, but when I quoted this one to the motor factors they said that they didn't stock them, but could get them for me. The price however was quite a bit more than getting the genuine article from Ian! No prizes for guessing where I got mine.

Rear droplinks

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mazda-Bongo-rear- ... dZViewItem

Front droplinks

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-VECTRA-9 ... dZViewItem

Hi All

Thank you all for your replies it seems there is no option but to buy the genuine mazda rear drop links

Once again Thank You

mike

I spotted this site, could be worth a look. Let me know if its of any use.


Trhttp://www.southwalesprops.co.uk/propshaft/veh ... bongo.htmy

johnny7 wrote:I spotted this site, could be worth a look. Let me know if its of any use.


Trhttp://www.southwalesprops.co.uk/propshaft/veh ... bongo.htmy

Link doesn't work - I think you need to remove the Tr from the beginning.

Ok, maybe just try; http://www.southwalesprops.co.uk
look under; vehicles then Mazda then Bongo.

Hope it works this time, there only £15.00.

I sent them an email, reply below;

Hi John, SWP2090 = £14.95 & SWP2326 = £12.95 + VAT
AMTRAK carrier = £7.50 up to 20kg

Thanks & regards,

Mike Henderson

Maybe he can do a club discount?

Thank you all for your replies it seems there is no option but to buy the genuine mazda rear drop links

Am I invisible or just wasting my time?

Veg_Ian wrote:Am I invisible or just wasting my time?

.... but not a waste of time as far as I'm concerned - I think I might need the front ones soon, getting a bit of a clunk over the local speed humps! Thanks for the link!

Fitted mine the other day. Quite a straight forward job except for getting the wheels off, which makes it easier to get a socket on the bolts! The wheels seemed to be stuck hard onto the centre boss of the hub. Had to resort to placing the jack between the bottom of the rear suspension and the wheel rim and then opening it up. Rear axle was of course supported on axle stands.

Great to have done it as there is now no more knocking when going over bumps.

Slightly off thread here but I fitted a front set to mine at the weekend - what a difference to the general "feel" to the van - no clonks but also it's tightened up the steering and given it more feel, also the slight "tremor" at 65 was creping back in again, now gone!

I suppose thats down to the top link swivel moving along with the strut from lock to lock - kinda acting as a friction damper..........

Hmm.... I have a slight wheel tremor at about 65 too. No clonks from the front though, so maybe wheel balance. Keep meaning to get it checked.