Can any one shed any light?
MoT failure sheet reads (amongst others) :-(
"Nearside Front (hocky stick) suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush" Ditto for Nearside Front (rear hocky stick) and Offiside Front & Rear.
Does the examininer mean the radius arm bushes or the panhard bushes?
A model of clarity it isn't!
Are you close enough to ask him/her (p.c. here!) to explain?
Otherwise the only answer is to get underneath with a suitable lever and have a look. It sounds as though they were not happy at all four corners
- and at that rate the panhard rod bushes are a likely candidate, too.
I don't know if you plan on rectifying this yourself but bushes alone may not be enough to resolve the issue. New bolts and reclaiming the bolt holes may also be required.
On or around Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:09:53 +0100, "PaulH" enlightened us thusly:
Radius arms, I reckon.
The bolts onto the axle can wear, ditto the bushes and ditto the big bush at the rear of the arm, onto the chassis.
Worth making sure to fit the right bolt - they're M16 in 8.8 grade I think. I've seen 'em fitted with soft 5/8 UNF, which wear even faster.
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