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Drop Link rear suspension terminology?

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:28 pm
by Doggy
Adsvisory on my MOT reads, "Near side rear upper suspension arm has slight play in the ball joint". Now I'm trying to find the right bit....

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I think item 6 :arrowu: is the rear upper suspension arm?

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I think items 5 :arrowu: are the drop links?

Can someone confirm, please?

Re: Drop Link rear suspension terminology?

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:32 am
by mjb
I think I'll have to agree with you there, it seems the only non-droplink bit with a ball joint on it... Might be worth seeing how much of the other stuff you can replace while you're at it without spending too much cash, like bushes and the drop links?

Re: Drop Link rear suspension terminology?

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:44 am
by steve_earwig
Yes, item 5 in the second pic are the drop links. It might not look like them (perhaps Pug had something more robust in mind :roll: ) but there's dozens of pictures of the real thing on this here forum.

Re: Drop Link rear suspension terminology?

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:33 pm
by jasper5
The drop link is number 5, but I think number 6 is the advisory item.

Re: Drop Link rear suspension terminology?

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:43 pm
by Doggy
Thanks for all your helpful replies gentlemen. 8)

I have some idea what I'm looking for now.....

Re: Drop Link rear suspension terminology?

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:06 pm
by keppler
Hi all,
Sorry for dragging up an old thread like this but I was under my car yesterday and found that two bushes in the rear suspension were shot. The worn bushes are number 16 and 17 in the diagram posted above.
Anyways my question is does anyone know what the exact name and part number of these two bushes so I can order them, or even better caould anyone direct me to a page that has the corresponding info for the numbers on the diagram?
Cheers lads.

Re: Drop Link rear suspension terminology?

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:06 pm
by plod
As per elsewhere on the forum Doggy, purchase a new nut and bolt (which looks like 10,11 &77)for the horizontal link(upper arm) and simply cut the old one off

Re: Drop Link rear suspension terminology?

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:14 pm
by jasper5
keppler wrote:Hi all,
Sorry for dragging up an old thread like this but I was under my car yesterday and found that two bushes in the rear suspension were shot. The worn bushes are number 16 and 17 in the diagram posted above.
Anyways my question is does anyone know what the exact name and part number of these two bushes so I can order them, or even better caould anyone direct me to a page that has the corresponding info for the numbers on the diagram?
Cheers lads.

16 is the rear trailing arm front bush.

17 is the rear lower suspension arm inner bush.

Re: Drop Link rear suspension terminology?

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:27 pm
by plod
5131 99 Flexible Joint £12.77 (£10.64+vat)
5131 80 Flexible Joint £14.65 (£12.21+vat)

Re: Drop Link rear suspension terminology?

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:58 pm
by keppler
Cheers lads for all your info, the help is much appreciated. Good to know they dont cost an arm and a leg too, now off to the motor factors.

Re: Drop Link rear suspension terminology?

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:11 pm
by TheSongRemainsTheSame
I'll steal this thread as well. Item #1 on the first picture, what is is called? And can I buy only the bushes? (79,72,13,12,78). Also while I'm changing everything back there - what is #15 first pic called?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Drop Link rear suspension terminology?

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:11 pm
by dummysock
1 is a suspension arm E9 5175

Re: Drop Link rear suspension terminology?

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:55 pm
by plod
TheSongRemainsTheSame wrote:I'll steal this thread as well. Item #1 on the first picture, what is is called? And can I buy only the bushes? (79,72,13,12,78). Also while I'm changing everything back there - what is #15 first pic called?

Thanks in advance.
01 5175 E9 Suspension Arm


79 5132 A8 Hexagonal Nut
72 6925 G9 Screw with Base
13 5169 03 Support Pin
12 5169 06 Washer
78 6936 65 Nut with Base


15 5131 78 Flexible Joint