Bongo Fury

Noticed yesterday that speed bumps had got noisier again & the handling felt distinctly iffy, when I checked, my suspicions were proved correct, the second of my original anti roll bar brackets had snapped . The first one went a couple of months ago, replaced it with a homemade one as mot was next day, ordered a new pair, but hadn't got around to fitting them. So half an hour later job done The homemade one was still doing fine, will hang on to it as an emergency spare

good. not a lot more I can say

Not called Missfixit for nothing, well doene Kirsty.

missfixit70 wrote:Noticed yesterday that speed bumps had got noisier again & the handling felt distinctly iffy, when I checked, my suspicions were proved correct, the second of my original anti roll bar brackets had snapped . The first one went a couple of months ago, replaced it with a homemade one as mot was next day, ordered a new pair, but hadn't got around to fitting them. So half an hour later job done The homemade one was still doing fine, will hang on to it as an emergency spare

Tut tut, make another and keep or sell on fleebay the inferior ones.

Don't think I'd have trusted the homemade one long term , I'm sure the new ones will last at least another 12 years they definitely don't look inferior to our bent piece of scrap metal, but it did it's job

missfixit70 wrote:Don't think I'd have trusted the homemade one long term , I'm sure the new ones will last at least another 12 years they definitely don't look inferior to our bent piece of scrap metal, but it did it's job

And as Fred Dibnah used to bend metal as they did in the industrial revolution, whats wrong with that?

Well done for sorting it kirsty....

Fred dibnah is (was?) an inspiration to me, R.I.P. fred....

Do you have to have the van on a ramp to change the bracket and bush, I have ordered a pair of bushes and brackets for mine and wondered how easy it was to do and what tools are required

Just put mine on drive on ramps on the drive, wd40 or similar to pre soak your nuts a few hours before, 19mm socket I think, that should be it, You may need some fine emery if your bar has any corrosion, mine was ok. I had to use a g clamp to help pull the bar back into position on the broken one where it had dropped a bit. Other than that dead simple

sounds easy enough mite try squeezing under the Bongo this eve....

Anyone know if the bushes are the same on any other mazda?

My bracket went today aswell, uncanny just after i bought the rear pads

I'd change them all then while you're at it Cheffy, you'll only be under there again in a few weeks/months if you don't

missfixit70 wrote:I'd change them all then while you're at it Cheffy, you'll only be under there again in a few weeks/months if you don't

Yeh order both MSF i thought the exact same when i read your second gave up the ghost, new bushes aswell