undearneath the zed at the mo and noticed that im able to move the trackrod ball joints in the rear of the zeds the ones on the rear hub that go to the hicas with a split pin in

 

question is should they be this free to move?? :confused: the front track rods are really tight

 

also im able to move the subframe up and down slightly with a crow bar again do i need to replace the subframe bushes? 1990 tt uk

The outer bushes in the rear hub should have NO free play, unfortunately if they do have, they need changing, skipping rear end on broken road surface is common when these and/or the hicas arms are worn

 

The subframe is mounted on rubber bushes so they will be a degree of free play (compliance), not seen any that are loose from the bushes been bad, take another look at each bush it should be dry, if any gooey substance is on them they have split and the slicon gel is leaking, although this should be an MOT failure many testers don`t even know and I guess the think it has been greased.

 

Jeff TT

ah jeff to the rescue cheers matey will need some new outer bushes then, have seen some energy suspention subframe bushes quite reasonable price too im thinking 20year old zed needs some suspention upgrading i think

 

cheers matey