hi from the sunny north west

[pb2]

Hi I have just joined, my name is Paul and I have had an a T spec X Trail from new in summer 04, so far its got close to 100k miles on the clock. In the early years it consumed turbo chargers like there was no tomorrow, I think I'm on my 3rd or 4th !

Its also consumed an intercooler but apart from that its been good until today when I been told my by very efficient local garage that the rear sub frame bushes are shot and according to the local Nissan dealer you cannot buy replacement bushes, you have to buy a new sub frame at £800 plus vat, plus an eye watering amount of labour costs to remove the old sub frame and fit the new one :frown:

Does anyone know of a more economical way to fix the worn sub frame bushes ??????????

 

[tezzer]

hi paul, welcome to the club, i can't help you but im sure someone will help, alot of good advice to be had from the lads. :thumb2










tezzer

 

[zippy656]

theres a thread on here called Parts department.. few web sites to look at, milners i think would be your best bet for bushes..

im sure some else will be a long to help a bit better, than me


Oh welcome any ways... get your cash out and join up too!! you could be saveing oner £800+ vat!!

 

[zippy656]

hi paul, welcome to the club, i can't help you but im sure someone will help, alot of good advice to be had from the lads. :thumb2

tezzer

just not from me eh Tezzer... :clap:clap:clap

 

[elty001]

welcome to the club:thumb2
i'm sure there must be a more cost effective way to replace bushes.
don't worry you will find the answer on here.

 

[floyd500b]

Welcome Paul:thumb2

£800.00 for bushes seems steep - Can you have a go at doing them yourself? How are you with a set of spanners

Graham

 

[Deleted Member S]

Hi pb2 & welcome to the club:thumb2:thumb2 It seems very strange that the whole sub frame has to be changed just for the sake of a couple of bushesTBH I would think by now someone will be making replacement bushes as the X Trail has been out for so long

 

[Tony]

Hi pb2
is this what you need
http://www.tbruk.com/index.html?lang=en-uk&target=d770.html
Regards
Tony:thumb2

 

[willow]

Welcome from sunny norfolk:thumbs
good luck with the bushes

 

[pb2]

Fingers crossed

Thanks to everyone and especially Tony. I will call them up tomorrow and hopefully it will be good news, that said even if they do supply replacement sub frame bushes, Nissan UK are still quoting 10.2 man hours to remove and replace a sub frame and then there would be the cost of the bushes (there is more than one size to a X Trail) and then I guess there is some sort of special tools to remove the old bushes and refit the new ones so its still going to be a costly job but hopefully less than the current forecast £1,400ish

 

[zippy656]

Thanks to everyone and especially Tony. I will call them up tomorrow and hopefully it will be good news, that said even if they do supply replacement sub frame bushes, Nissan UK are still quoting 10.2 man hours to remove and replace a sub frame and then there would be the cost of the bushes (there is more than one size to a X Trail) and then I guess there is some sort of special tools to remove the old bushes and refit the new ones so its still going to be a costly job but hopefully less than the current forecast £1,400ish

you could try to look at Willows garage list, might be one local to you..

http://nissan4x4ownersclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2552&highlight=gold

 

[zippy656]

Hi pb2 and welcome to the club,get the spanners out m8 and get those hands dirty!!:thumbs:sly

WHAT i cant do that.. i might break a finger nail!


:jesterbg:jesterbg:jesterbg:jesterbg

 

[ssteve]

just not from me eh Tezzer... :clap:clap:clap

yet another worthless post eh zippy!!
ssteve

 

[zippy656]

yet another worthless post eh zippy!!
ssteve

ill stop posting altogether then :thumbs

 

[ssteve]

ill stop posting altogether then :thumbs

no that would be a bit extreme
ssteve

 

[zippy656]

thats'sgood then..

but not sure what its got to do with extreme 4x4 thought

:jesterbg:jesterbg:jesterbg:jesterbg:jesterbg

 

[pb2]

Guys its not a question of getting the spanners out or getting my hands dirty, having spent 15 years being sent all over the planet to do heavy engineering jobs a bit of graft or dirt is nothing new to me.

The challenge is so far I have not found a single person who has any idea where to get the replacement bushes,TRB do not list them or know of anyone who might, Nissan UK are adament that they cannot be bought and thats the crux of this - I need to find a supplier. I have also tried Milners with no joy.

 

[zippy656]

in parts department there a nissan parts man whos a member..

he might be able to point you in the right direction..
http://nissan4x4ownersclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2693&highlight=department

 

[supertaff]

Welcome aboard Pb2 , I'm sure someone will come up with a supplier of bushes for you , there are so many websites of spares about, just a case of hitting the right one.

 

[floyd500b]

in parts department there a nissan parts man whos a member..

he might be able to point you in the right direction..
http://nissan4x4ownersclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2693&highlight=department

His name is Hammond1027 - but he hasn't logged on in over a year