rear bush or brush Rover 420

[mkburns]

hi

just had my brakes done and have a notice on my receipt saying I need a new rear bush or brush(?? ) cant make out the mechanics writing ...

any ideas what this is and is it costly??

cheers

cmb

[doctor.g]

That will prob be the rear traling arm bushes, very common on rovers, if u can get genuine rover parts as they last longer, i had unipart ones fitted first and the perished within a year, rover parts have been on for 2 yrs now

[mkburns]

hi

thanks , any idea how much these will set me back?

could they be responsible for the weird droning type noise I get when I hit 20+ mph?

or is that a wheel bearing?

cheers for your advice

CMB

[ssray]

noise is probably the bearing,the bushes will be more of a control issue

[LeoZwalf]

Yeh if the bushes are bad you'll feel like the rear of the car is trying to steer itself all over the shop. Mine were worn a couple of years ago, MOT man spotted it but they weren't bad enough to feel anything.

Droning definately gotta be the wheel bearing, never done one on my Rover but did on the rear of a Corsa and it was pretty simple although I've no idea how much a garage would charge for that.

Cheers,
Leo

[Mr2Mike]

You can get cheap and cheerful aftermarket bushes for a few quid on Ebay etc. but as said they probably won't last as long as genuine ones.

Whatever you do don't be tempted to fit the poly-bush that is available (I think it might be superflex?). The manufacturers of this part have completely overlooked a fundamental part of the original bushes job, which is to allow some minimal up/down motion but to permit some forward motion of the trailing arm which causes the suspension to toe-in aiding stability under braking.