Recent content by Bazman76

That also includes replacing the front left bush as well. I hope that's a bit more reasonable.

Did as you suggested Avocet. Car now back and driving as good as new :-) Thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread!

Sorry for being unclear and I do appreciate your opinions. The mechanic said that it was up to me, and that its best to change it. However when pushed he did admit that if it were his own car he's prolly let it fail before replacing it. All that was nagging me was would he have said...

I'm not sure, tbh, all I can say is that I never noticed anything wrong with the suspension or steering. I actually brought the car in because of a different problem (the bearing has gone on the back wheel) but the bush problems were spotted by the mechanic when he was under the car. I...

Hi Peter N, It's a Golf Mark V, GT TDI. Its the bush on the front right where the steering pin connects to the wheel. To be honest I haven't noticed any problems when driving it but would hate for it to suddenly fail on a motorway or something like that! Hi ch427 when you say just...

Hi there, My front left bush is completely broken and needs replacing. The right one however is only cracked? I'd rather save the money if possible and replace only the broken one. According to the mechanic it could go tomorrow or in 5 years its impossible to tell. Just wondered what...