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[Prime91]

998cc City E
1989
Hey guys, I've been struggling with my exhaust falling loose where it is clamped to the manifold, every time I jack it up and reconnect it, it would be fine for a bout a day then would just start to come loose and shake and sound like a monster truck. After several DIY attempts at keeping the exhaust on, I took it to an exhaust specialist, who also refitted it and failed. The next time I went in to him he rocked then engine back and forth and noticed that my stabiliser mounts were moving along with it, so he suggested I buy new bushes as the engine rocking about is what's knocking my exhaust loose. But basically I've been looking at bush kits, and as a novice I don't really know what I need, I want to change all the stabiliser bushes, so do I just need a kit like this:

http://www.minispare.....H POLYURETH...

Lots of places just sell two bushes on their own, but this four piece kit would cover both sides of the engine wouldn't it? Or would I need two of these kits to do both stabilisers?

Cheers guys, post quick!

[Ouster]

One kit (4 bushes) does one stabilisher arm.

[Prime91]

One kit (4 bushes) does one stabilisher arm.

Thanks Ouster!

[Dan]

As standard there are only stabiliser rods at one end of the engine, one at the top and one at the bottom. These both use the same bushes and as said above a kit of 4 pieces will usually cover one rod (very late models used a one piece bush instead so there would only be 2 in each rod). If you have a rod at the other end of the engine as well then it's not standard, it's an Ultimate Engine Steady and is after market. If this also needs new bushes they are a different type, namely the type designed to fit the suspension tie rod. So if you want to change them you will need 4 of those too.

There is one more steady by the gear selector rod, it doesn't do much in the way of preventing the engine from rocking though and is mainly for keeping the gear selector stable. You could check that over but it's not likely to need any attention, it uses a completely different system of mounting.