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will.i.am.s2
29-01-2012, 18:07
Afternoon all, been having some trouble with excessive vibration through the car since i had a new dogbone mount fitted by a garage the other day. Ive had a good look round it all today and to me it does not look right, it looks like its at more of an angle than it should be.

Ive had a look at the same mount on my mates mk1 clio and it is perfectly straight with nice gaps either side of were the mount is inside the gearbox arm bracket. On mine it appears to be at angle and touching the arm bracket as you can see in the pictures i hope.

What i want to know is do these go on one way only? does it look like the wrong part or could something else be wrong?

Any help much apreciated as it can go back if they have fitted it wrong.


http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg300/richardswain21/DSCF1834Medium.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg300/richardswain21/DSCF1835Medium.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg300/richardswain21/DSCF1839Medium.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg300/richardswain21/DSCF1846Medium.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg300/richardswain21/moneyshotMedium.jpg

snowman
29-01-2012, 18:35
the second from bottom pic,looks like theres no rubber in the large end at all,thatll be your problem if so

snowman
29-01-2012, 18:36
I would suggest fitting a set of PolyFlex Bushes

MatBrown
29-01-2012, 18:47
It's certainly not brand new.
And i agree with you, it looks to be on the piss, would take a bit of work but they can be fitted the wrong way round.

MatBrown
29-01-2012, 18:48
Do you have a picture of the engine from the top?
Could they have possibly replaced the mount under the battery tray but positioned it too far back?

will.i.am.s2
29-01-2012, 19:52
Would the one under the battery tray be the gearbox mount? if so thats the one thats been changed and its my error lol can tell im no expert on the williams yet :)

So by looking at that bodbonw eould you say it had it? its a possibility they have positioned it to far back though but havent got a picture as its to dark now!

snowman
29-01-2012, 20:13
Yes,under battery is the gearbox mount. Your dogbone mount certainly looks like it had better days :P

will.i.am.s2
29-01-2012, 20:18
Haha yeah looks like it snowman thank god i found out that one isnt the gearbox mount or i would of looked a rite plank moaning about it at the garage :D How hard is it to change the dogbone? could do with doing it on the cheap if its easy

snowman
29-01-2012, 20:22
fitting it is easy yes,theres a few options..

1. Buy a new O.E one from Renault
2. Fill the old B/End with sealant to stiffen it
3. Push the old bushes out and have Polyflex refitted
4. Buy a coops mount (member called coops makes full metal mounts)

stevie_b
29-01-2012, 22:33
Defintely worth fitting a new dogbone - as the others have said, that one looks shot. It's an easy job - don't need to remove anything else so as long as you have access to the underneath of the car you just take the bolt out at either end and slot the replacement in. If the bolt has been put in on one side rather than the other it can be a bit more tricky to remove as the downpipe can foul the removal of the bolt a bit, but if the nut is on the downpipe side then it should be a doddle.

will.i.am.s2
30-01-2012, 19:57
Cheers mate, sounds easy enough :) Do you have to support the engine?

Its going back to the garage friday to see if it they fitted the gearbox mount properly. Chances are though it knackered up the dogmount when the gearbox mount snapped, either way it will be fixed i hope this week 8)

stevie_b
30-01-2012, 20:04
No, you don't need to support the engine whilst you swap it - it will just hang there on the two upper mounts. The dogbone just limits the engine swinging back and forth under acceleration and braking really.

will.i.am.s2
30-01-2012, 20:19
Cheers again dude il do it myself then and save on the labour fees

Wobba
01-02-2012, 15:05
Are you sure that's new? Looks out of shape to me, or it could be the other mounts are going or out of line and it's allowing the the engine to move over.

Couple of pics:

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w102/barneywobba/My%2016V/DSC00475.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w102/barneywobba/My%2016V/DSC00474.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w102/barneywobba/My%2016V/DSC00473.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w102/barneywobba/My%2016V/DSC00472.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w102/barneywobba/Williams%20217/dogbonebar.jpg