Hi Alan. I’m no car mechanic but I like fixing my own car where possible. Your channel is so helpful and easy to follow you’d make a fantastic teacher with all our funny bits thrown in lol 😆 Keep them coming and I’ll keep watching as so many others do. Thanks again Stevie 😊

Got to say you really know your stuff , thanks for sharing it with us i have to to the bottom ball joints on my transit connect and i'm dreading it.

You got great knowledge and greay banter, love watching your vids, nice one

Great Video Alan. Thanks

Cheers Alan. Very good video.

Brilliant, cheers for sending me here 👍

Great video clear and precise

much appreciate your guides funny and relaiable

Thought I was ripped off on the labour charge. I was soooooo wrong. Great video

As for the bush alignment, there is a protruding lump just inside the outer ring of the bush which is alignment marker. It lines up with the notch in the trailing arm.

Great video man... thanks a lot 🙏🏼🙏🏼

Nice vid as per Alan , very helpful.. Had my First MOT today since ownership.. advisory on these rear trailing arm bushes , worn , but not excessive... so I guess I have a while .. looks a huge job and something I won’t be able to do myself and looks like things need supporting... Cheers

The best video showing how to replace rear trailing arms bushing! My Volov dealer quoted about $1000 to replace the bushing plus alignment, I tried to get it done by myself once I buy a set of right tools.

Thanks from across the pond

Very good, no-nonsense mechanic.

Great video. Mine was torn apart. I had to remove the whole arm because i donot have that tool. Went to a shop and pushed it with a press.

just had this done but want to say of all videos I looked at out of curiosity yours was by far the best most informative and easy to follow. you clearly know whats what with no guesswork and total common sense which is what I like. thank you and have liked and subscribed.

Wonderful. Marvellous.

Great vid. Perfect shown the work and was a pleasure to watch you done the work!

Hi Alan is this same on focus mk2? I've just bought the tool to do the focus trailing arm bushes. Thanks Tom

Hi Alan! Do you think it is the very same procedure for the MK2 Ford Focus? Thank you!

Replaced mine with powerflex ones last month, now recently i seem to be having some metallic clunking/grating/rattle noise when driving. Looked underneath and nothing loose other than exhaust heat shield which i thought was it and reclipped but that didn't fix it. Noise seems to be getting worse after driving over some bumps yesterday. When stationary and open the boot and bounce the suspension i can't reproduce the sound, but it does make some mild grating noise, not sure if thats normal. Also the rear suspension springs seem to have some of the outer metal peeling but didn't look broken to me, is this norma;? should i replace these? Any ideas please? tracking stuff like this down is a nightmare lol.

Hahah u make it look so easy. Now to try do my focus 🙈 on the ground

Did you say anywhere why you are changing them? Is it the crack?

This guy is awesome😁

Alan - do you just work on the firms taxis or do you take customer/private work? Need this doing on my Mondeo but don't have the special tool and don't fancy grovelling around on my garage floor.

There is another similar tool made by "Sealy" or "sealey". Just done mine today as part of its 10 year service. Its a lot easier with a ramp as well but you don't have to lower the suspension, just the arm.

thanks from sweden 👍👍👍🇸🇪

What make is the air chisel, and what cfm plz, I found a Bosch one, but no listed price.

Great stuff. Have you ever tried the Powerflex version of the bush that can be installed without the fancy tool?

Great video Allan ,my local garage has just quotes me 4 hours to do this job and a price of £300 😂😂😂😂 for one side

Alan, do I need to get the rear camber etc adjusted after fitting rear trailing arm bushes on a mk4 Mondeo, love your content by the way😀

hey Alan, thanks for the video. Could you please tell me what kind of bush fitting tool you are using. Where can i buy such a tool? Thanks!

Hi Alan, does the rear subframe need aligning after doing this or is it fairly "fixed" in place? Do you know if this procedure is any different for the estate version?

how long should this job take ? my local mechanic took 4 hours to do this on both sides, is 4 hours reasonable ?

Thank you for the video! One question, after installation, is it normal that it turned rubber in them?

Hi, great video, does the car need the tracking / camber etc rechecked after this?

Great to see a good sense of humour Alan it makes viewing entertaining, do you have any info on the wiring loom you pulled down as to what this feeds?

Is there any need for checking the wheel geometry afterwards? Thanks for the video, need to do mine soon.

Watch all your car vids Alan, This has been worth watching too Great to see you out with your lovely boys... question I’ve got a binding off side rear handbrake I’ve loosened it with wd40 and gave the bracket pivot a grease and it’s done the job for now bug what’s the actual fix? Strip+ clean & rebuild 07 Mk4 mondeo estate 2.0 Quick yes or no would do mate. appreciate chap👍🏻

Hi Alan, how long did it take you to replace that rear trailing bush? Maybe 30 minutes? I was told in Ford, they only change the whole rear axle due to the rust...

Doing a Galaxy taxi. Looks like same set up. Like the wrist comment at the end

Hello Allan I have, benefit from your informative videos when something needs to be done on my 2013 Mondeo. Thinking if it could help others if I ask if it's these Rear Trailing Arm Bush, is to blame for my car, crabs around the corner sometimes. Seems like the rear end is driving over a point where it is loose, or changing camper or direction on the rear wheels. I can not find fault in my bushings or wheel bearing. Have changed my shock absorbers as these were worn but it did not help. The car has driven 200,000 km / 125,000 miles. Sincerely Carsten

What make and model is that bush tool. We have one but it’s different to that and have issues getting the bush in correctly as a result.

Alan is the best...

Great vid, well explained, where abouts are you pal?

Thanks.

Can I bring the titanium x sport t you and I’ll assist you doing mine please as advisories on mine 👍

Hi, can you replace my unit same bushing of this video, where is your work shop and how much posible is it. Thank you

Alan, are the lower arm bolts prone to seizing in the Bush like the Mk2 Focus? Thanks

How long does it take?

Maybe a little late asking, but what would you recommend for those of us without air chisels available?

Class

Hi, Ive got this advisory on the last MOT: Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement Trailing arm bush. (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Is this what you are changing here? Cheers!

eats the inside of the wheel on the right side! What needs to be replaced?

Im looking at buying a x taxi mondeo . Would u trust it full mot 200k 2.0l d 2008 ? Been told they are well looked after. I see u look after urs well

good job but forgot that you have to wheel alignment in the end

I've been told by a garage that these bushings are usually the last to go with general rear suspension failure. Meaning by the time they need to be changed, shocks and other stuff are already gone, and that's why the bushes are failing. Is this true?

Thanks

Very very good video. Well done 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Got a ford mondeo and Split both rear trailing arm. Waiting for ford garage to fix it. My question is, how does it got damaged and how to maintain it once fitted?

Rear near side tyre bald across surface. Turns out the bush needs replacing on both sides. Told that its a 2 person job really and tool needed after seeing this I can see why. They say it's speed bumps damage it just like they do to spring coils. Then they will do the 4 wheel laser tracking which it went in for in the first place !! It was only luck that the guy heard the clunk sound as he drove it over the wheel rollers. To be fare they could have just done the laser tracking and not told me.

I bought bushes from Lemförder for my Volvo V70. Looks exactly like Volvo original but 60eur for the pair instead of 200eur from the stealer... Same bushes on Volvo as on Mondeo mk4 and S-Max

Great video! Is this simular to the Focus ?

Good

There's something very satisfying about air chiseling those bushes out, a proper man thing. ug ug.

Thanks . Alan Very helpful the video. How mach you charge to feed both for Galaxy? I am going to pay tomorrow £ 400 pounds. What you thing? The engineer said is 4 hours job. He had to take all the suspension out. I believe is to mach . Very expensive on that price. Thank you again

Hi Alan. How do I contact you? I need my rear trailing arm bushes doing and I don't live far from you (Kettering)

What was this "FAST REMOVE" air instrument? :O

Brill video

Hi Alan just a quick one I'm throwing out there ? Have you or anyone else ? ever heard a mk4 mondeo with a rattling like a giger counter coming from the seatbelts at ear hight ? I've tried just about everything to stop the noise but no joy 🙉 it's driving me crazy 😲

How does one know if they need replacing? My mk4 is 9 years old with 120,000 miles.

Well showed and informative thanks.

Hi Al Not sure if you answer private mails but desperate to sort a prob and who better My MK4 has a tendancy to wear rear tyres unevenly on the inside. I mean not all the way around just about 90 percent so after a while we get a wow wow wow tyre noise at anything over 50mph Mot picked up again last week on this on a tyre with only 4000 miles on it. No accidents ever or curbs. Passed mot no issues and I asked if he would check the suspension. Advice was they all do it it's common No bushes showing wear. Wheels are in balance No there are camber bolts for sale on eBay. From the rear the wheels do look tipped in at the top so can these bolts help? Hope you can help. Going through too many tyres Cheers Al

ford stealership wants 410 quid to replace rear trailing arm bushes. i'm guessing this is excessive yes?

Alan are you a ford employee or you have your own garage? If so where about are you?

Allen Just magic man Phil in stoke

HELLO WHY DO MY SUSPENSION IS SO LOW HELP PLEASE

How much are the Ford bushes? Just had an advisory for 2 on the MOT. Great video by the way, i have just subsribed!

Anybody know what the symptoms are of a worn mount

How long to do the job Alan?

Don't they need tracking after bush replacement

Nice one. How much for genuine bushes roughly? Thanks.

I had these busing changed on my 2010 v70 d5 my old was yelling like hell

how much does this cost to have these fitted?

There must be a DIY version of this tool. I'm too cheap to buy it :)

You say they are handed but both sides look identical????

У меня после замены этих сайлентблоков, почему то увиличелся клиренс, форд мондео 4

Where u based ?

these bush look in way better condition than mine lol

What were the symptoms

Some of those bushings should be tightened up with the weight of the car on the ground.

такое впечатление, что у них вся жизнь - сплошное шоу

Flipping star mate🤔 wrist bandage.....

My mechanic charged me £240 to replace these bushes on my Mondeo. Did I get ripped off?

Good video, but not helpfull if need chance bushes without that expencive tool.

these are some really weak and soft bushes for a car that heavy.

Vowalatankiou

Would have been much better without the attempted humour.

Часть рычагов затянул на негруженной подвеске! От такого ремонта толку мало!!!