HEEEEEEEEEEELP!

[GEARJAMMER]

How do I remove the rear bumper on a Monaro VXR?

Theres 2-3 screws at the front under the wheel arch, some across the top on the boot shut and some clips under neath. Anything else I need to do/know, im guessing the fog light disconnects easily enough?

Also ive not decided wether to do this myself or not yet but my new front suspension mounts and bearings arrived this week (thanks Monkfish), does it matter what way up the bearings go? Im guessing not but I just wanted to make sure? I don't have a jack or axle stands available at the moment so may get the garage to do it or bribe J666EDS to do it.

Ive also got a fault coming up on the dash, was random at first but now starting to come up more regular, it says ABS fault and the traction control says its switched off.... although im sure it doesn't. Can anyone advise where I may start looking for cures for this problem before getting professional help?

Thanks in advance.

[Major Monaro]

Abs fault, track off. I had this check the connections on top of your engine under shell/cover. Should be eight blue plug/connections if I remember one of mine was loose and the vibration when booting it was miss leading the ecu

Edited by Major Monaro on Saturday 5th July 10:01

[FizzysCar]

GEARJAMMER said:

Also ive not decided wether to do this myself or not yet but my new front suspension mounts and bearings arrived this week (thanks Monkfish), does it matter what way up the bearings go? Im guessing not but I just wanted to make sure? I don't have a jack or axle stands available at the moment so may get the garage to do it or bribe J666EDS to do it.

Just done the top mounts myself. The bearing does seem to go a certain way up. It's in two sections clipped together, with one being a little thicker than the other. Mine were yellow and white. The white thicker part had more rounded edges whereas the yellow part is flat.

Seems to go white face up (and fitting snuggly into rubber mount) and yellow face down (against top spring seat plate). That's how the old setup was as well.

When I stripped the shock found not only was the top mount pretty worn, the upper spring seat was rather rusted. Ended up buying new ones, since they were only £9 each from monkfish.

[Codswallop]

When I had the traction control/ abs fault message on the Monaro, it turned out it was due to a faulty wheel speed/ abs sensor thingy next to the rear diff. New sensor was only about £50 from Monkfish.

If you have someone local with the code reader, it's well worth checking for fault codes. The reader even told me which side of the car the faulty sensor was on.

[GEARJAMMER]

Thanks for the advice guys,

I got the exhaust done today. I took the back bumper off to make access easier, that was a straight forward job and fitted the new exhaust mounts/rubber hangers then put it all back together no problem.
Then I looked at the ABS/Traction fault, I didn't have a fault reader thingy so took Major Monaros advice and checked the connections under the plastic cover, none of them seemed lose but one did push on a bit further than it was, I gave them all a push to make sure they were connecting properly. I then took it for a drive/thrash and no ABS faults came up, so im hoping ive cured it but I guess if it does come up again it'll be at 4am when I go to work tomorrow.

I still wasn't sure about the top mounts but did some investigatory prodding about to see what is involved, the top mount seems pretty straight forward but I need some conformation on what to do 'under the arches' ive (hopefully) attached a poorly labelled photo, I assume I have to undo the nuts/bolts circled (A) Blue, then undo the top nut and the suspension leg should come out?

Im a bit concerned about the nut/bolt circled (B) green, what does it do and does it need to come undone, the one on the passenger side is ok but the drivers side one is rusted and started to bar over when I tried to undo it so I left it alone.
Ive given everything a good spray with WD40 so hopefully when the time comes to do the job things will come undone easier. My biggest worry is bolt/nut heads rounding over.

[ARAF]

I think the left A ones are the fittings for your drop links. Just undoing the top will release it from the shock absorber. With the car in the air, jack the wheel up, and the ARB should pull it out of the shock mount, then you can swing it out of the way. The right A ones are the lower shock mounts, and will need to be removed completely. 'B' looks like an adjuster, so probably shouldn't be moved until you have the new suspension on, and you're sorting out the camber.

[bbg1400]

My abs light has triggered nearly every journey since I bought the car in July 07. Was told they all do that sir.

Will have a look under the engine cover tonight.

[j666eds]

Im free this weekend steve if you want to bring your car down to my work (2mins away from you) and we can change your tops mounts?

James

[SturdyHSV]

GEARJAMMER said:

Ive also got a fault coming up on the dash, was random at first but now starting to come up more regular, it says ABS fault and the traction control says its switched off.... although im sure it doesn't.

I have this, caused by intermittent (from new) ABS wheel speed sensor after diff change.

The TC is definitely off when that light is on, as is the ABS (both confirmed )

[monkfish1]

B is the camber adjuster. Best freed off now so adjustment can be made post fitment.