Can anyone confirm this Dogbone mount is fitted properly....

[will.i.am.s2]

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.

[snowman]

the second from bottom pic,looks like theres no rubber in the large end at all,thatll be your problem if so

[snowman]

I would suggest fitting a set of PolyFlex Bushes

[MatBrown]

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]

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]

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]

Yes,under battery is the gearbox mount. Your dogbone mount certainly looks like it had better days :P

[will.i.am.s2]

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]

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]

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.