Keen to see how you can swap out your Falcon or Territory diff at home now that you can change the bushes? Make sure your subscribed with notifications on to get that as soon as it comes out, work has started and it’s shaping up to be a good DIY video and job. Cheers 👍
Im a mechanic and normally hate watching people explain how to do jobs and they clearly have no clue, good to finally find a channel that can explain stuff easily to people who may not understand
Thanx. I'm not a mechanic but my son is. I remember him telling me he's done this a few times and it's a bastard of a job, but that's the first time I've ever actually seen it done.
Glutton for punishment like myself it seems - see a nice break and fill it with work! Depending on the bushes you use you may have to try a bit of the freezer AND threaded rod method but I got away without it as you saw. Hope it goes well mate!
Thanks m8! I'm building a BA drifter & am about to put a shimmed LSD in so obviously I am doing bushes at same time. My car is further along thnx to ya vids as they have been very helpful. Cheers m8 look forward to seeing future vids.
Thanks i am now waiting for that video on how you took out that full axel thingy as i was thinking of chngaing diff on my territory sy instead of paying with an arm and leg to my mechanic plz reply back with other video if you have it Needless to say your videos are always on spot with no waste of time on usless details
@Zubair Sheikh Thanks for your kind words mate 👍 The video showing how to swap it out is not yet complete but should be out in just under 2 weeks, looking like it will be a good one and all very do-able at home. If you’re subscribed with notifications turned on it should pop up as soon as it’s published. Thanks for watching mate
Brought myself my first Barra turbo manual, and it also is getting this dreaded rear end knock as you described browny specially when on and off the clutch. Been quoted 650-700 by a front end specialist shop to do all the rear end bushes in and out that day. Not bad for the price? Too used to the old reliable ls1 commodore but you know, nothing like a turbo 6!
$200-250 in parts and leaves under $500 in labour, sounds fairly reasonable to me. Good luck with it mate and hope it doesn’t disappoint again after the LS 👍
or leave the bushes in the garage overnight in a nice cold melb winter evening. now that you have done the fun part, I will wait and see how you go in installing the cradle back up
@bryan skerry They certainly weren’t defrosting out there I’ll just say that! Fingers crossed mate, I’m dreading that much more than this part, should be right though.
A really great video! Our SZ Territory is experiencing a clunk when it changes down or up under load. This video makes me suspect the diff bushes could be the culprit...
Any ideas what they could of done wrong? Mind you they also did sway bar links and control arm bushes so the whole back end has been tossed a bit but the guys reckon they aren’t at fault when they raised the issue first and it felt smoother before I forked out 2k
@Matthew Felice-Nicolay Sorry to hear mate. I'm far from an expert but I'd suggest starting with the basics if you can, go through and nut and bolt check everything in the rear. I remember the rear of this car being all over the place when I first got it and found that one lower control arm bolt where they attach to the cradle was slightly loose and was giving some play - this car had a bit of a sketchy history! Beyond that get a good full wheel alignment check? There is very little adjustment in the rear I believe but this may show up anything out of the norm?
You will never learn anything if you pay people I really enjoy the fact that you have a go you get satisfaction of doing it yourself give yourself some credit there are so many brain dead people out there that can't even change a light bulb without a how to do I did a set of bushes in a bf xr8 and same as you no hoist basic tools took a while but got there nice car by the way thanks so much 😊
How you got the cradle out without a hoist would be good to know. I was just going to use jacl, diff stands, block and tackle on tow bar to lift the arse end maybe?
Don't have an FG sorry. Here's a link to a workshop manual for them though, maybe you could make a video for this? www.allcarmanuals.com/factory-service-manual-254-Ford-Falcon-FG.html
Amazing video Brownie, your editing is getting good, great job. You're going to piss off plenty of mechanics with this stuff ;) Here's an idea for a future video. If you ever take out the dash of a BA, video it and show us how to do it. My blend door shaft is broken so I have no heat, and I live at the bottom of NZ so it's cold as buggery. My bro-in-law is a mechanic and told me he wouldn't even like to take on that job. He said it'll be a 10 hour job at mechanic... that's pushing a grand in NZ! If you know how to do it, please do a video on it. A grand is a grand.
@KiwiPokerPlayer Legend, thanks heaps mate and glad you're enjoying. Who knows, mechanics might be happy people are doing these crappy jobs themselves now! I have had that request before and you're right, it could make a great video if I can get in to film everything needed, community could definitely use a good guide for this. Haven't personally done it before though sorry so can't help with any pointers... and to be honest I'm really hoping i never have to, looks horrible!
Unfortunately not, needs to be dropped. Passenger side front bush is hard up against spare wheel well/fuel tank, similar for the other front I believe. Sorry mate, not the answer you want I know!
Hey Browney, followed this and just installed some Nolathane bushes, awesome video thanks! How are the bushes holding up today? I see Nolathane cops quite a bit about there bushings being bad and going bad quite quickly.
Boy do they, plenty of people let me know about it! I wonder how many have actually used them though, I haven't had any dramas to date but haven't been under to suss them out recently unfortunately. In saying that I was a little shocked at the rear bushes 'ball' design and how easily it slipped in, after seeing what some well known shops have said about them since the video I would in future give SuperPro a go.
@@BrowneysGarage As a mechanic and a Track Drover, Nolathane are the cheap skate for Polyurethane bushes. They fall apart a lot sooner than even the OEM. If you want quality, SuperPro for sure. I have them on my drifty car and they get ABUSED and hold together like new.
HI browney, I have a BA XR6T 430 kw, just done IMS twin bush hat conversion and th400 for the power. being a BA I expect the main centre diff bush was originally the offset bolt type but now with the new hat the diff centre is the same as BF & FG orientation " centre bush bolt not offset ". Do you see this a being a problem with balancing or pinion being wrong angle, I'm using the 2 piece tail shaft as well.
Hey mate, good question but I’d be a little surprised if they hadn’t factored for this already in the kit - never know though. Haven’t played with one so can’t answer but sure a quick email or call to IMS and they’d sort you out? Good luck, looks like a good bit of kit 👍
Hey mate, with the centre diff bush is it because they’re nolthane and not oem bushes the reason you didn’t transfer the big round spacer that would usually be bolted up with the centre diff bush? Or would it be because it’s lsd? Really curious as I’m doing this with the same bush kit tomorrow. Cheers
I’m using super pro bushes and I’ve done taken out the old front bushes but keeping them in the freezer over night hasn’t helped me trying to hit them in, what do I do? Get a press or ?
Could try some all thread or a long bolt, big washers and a nut and use this to draw it in. Won’t make the bushes fit though, are you having trouble with them not fitting at all? Have you cleaned the surface where the old bush was?
I haven’t had any issues with them so far. In saying that though the car doesn’t get driven a great deal so perhaps it’s to come yet, and after installing these and seeing/talking to a few big workshops who much prefer them I’d probably go SuperPro next time. So far so good here though 👍
@Marcus Simpson Depends what I'm doing, spends most of it's life in drive but if I'm out having a bit of fun normally sequential cause I miss having a third pedal!
I have a 2004 BA V8 Fairlane G220. I appears to have been manufactured with XR8 suspension. I am considering the replacement of the OEM front shocks, spring, & struts; with Webco Front Low Pre-assembled Spring Shock Strut for BA, BF FAIRLANE, Falcon from Ebay. This was a short run model and I am unable to find any trustworthy information on it. Could you give me an opinion on the selection of this product? I enjoy your watching your posts. Thanks, Lex
Sorry Lex, I have zero experience or knowledge on the brand so anything I said would just be from searching online as I'm sure you have. Good luck and thanks for watching mate.
Great video. How much time did it take you from start to finish? Did you have access to a hoist to remove the cradle or just home tools like jacks and axle stands etc?
@Hunt Moorhouse Thanks mate. Honestly I couldn't tell you how long, I spend just about as much time moving cameras and lights and loose a sense of it these days. Seems doable in under a day all in, but having not done it before put aside a weekend maybe? No hoist here unfortunately, all simple at home tools. Full video of removal and replacing is now out, check it out here - th-cam.com/video/82xNUMi7QXw/w-d-xo.html
I had to have this done on my G6E turbo at 90,000km as the rear bush was flogged out & the other two on the way out also - stupid design as the bolt literally writes around in the bush and hogs it out - pretty much doesn't matter what bush material you use, the engineering of it will guarantee it'll flog out before it should. I didn't have a hoist, so after reading through the workshop manual I decided to pay someone else to do it - it was $1800 NZD all up from memory, but that was years ago, probably be a lot more than that now given how much more tradies are paid these days. It was just about due for another round of replacement when some stupid cow ploughed into the back of the car whilst she was looking at her phone and wrote it off. Now I have a Lexus GS460, and the diff cradle engineering is so vastly superior - really don't know why Ford didn't sort this out after so many years.
Hey mate I know it’s an old video but did replacing you’re diff bushes give you and sort of diff whine, mine where replaced with nolathane now I have diff whine noise
Not that I particularly noticed, but I also mostly hear the slightly louder exhaust when having a play or cranking music when not, and don't a great deal of driving in it before/after the bushes were done so couldn't do a great comparison before and after. Sorry I can't be more help mate.
@Rvayy Thanks mate, back close to normal again thankfully. Would be great to cover the FG manifold upgrade but don't think it will happen in this series unfortunately.
Had mine done by my mechanic. You certainly don't need to remove and take out the diff. He just dropped it on the hoist. However if you're getting paid by the hour. I fully understand.
@Joe VAN DIJK Dropped on the hoist or removed all together will be pretty similar anyway time and work wise, unfortunately most of us don’t have the luxury of a hoist though. Have also seen it done but cutting a hole in the spare wheel well but obviously wouldn’t recommend that! Thanks for watching mate.
@Conservative Sniper Hunter Thanks mate I’ve heard some outlandish prices too, supposedly any taxi workshop is the go to for this one if you don’t want to deal with it yourself! If it goes in without any dramas, which I expect will be fine, then I just don’t see being anywhere near that hard or time consuming especially with a hoist.
If I had a hoist I wouldn't be rolling around under the car! Not possible on these with the diff in the car still though, have heard it's do-able by hacking up the spare wheel well to get to the front diff bush it blocks but that's too hack for even me.
@@BrowneysGarage yer I don't have the $1200+ mechanics want to do the job so hoping there's a way of doing it with the diff still left in the car and u don't have to drop it out to do it
@Jarrod Wareham $1200 is pricey, should get it done for under $1k, maybe closer to $700 or so. Or just drop it and do it yourself, it’s really not that bad - th-cam.com/video/82xNUMi7QXw/w-d-xo.html
Sounds like a HUGE rip on the Nolathane kit, still listed on eBay at just over $200 so $350 to get it over the ditch would be crazy. Surely they can had cheaper.
@GlensGraphix G’day Glen, trust me this setup has me missing the earlier solid rear axle stuff too! May have it’s downsides but it’s damn simple to work with.
Autoco fucked that up first second and third time Along with the trutrac install. I ended up going to a diff specialist to fix autocos constant fuck up.
@Ross C I was going in that direction too until I realised I wouldn’t be happy doing that unless it was pretty spot on. Which would me blowing the whole thing apart... then re-bush EVERYTHING... then I might as well powdercoat everything instead etc. Didn’t want this to blow out into that size job and $1k plus so it’s deal with the main issue and get on with it! 🤣 I did pressure wash it if that somewhat helps!
@@BrowneysGarage Put an lsd diff and axel assembly in sons old vs commodore wagon a few months ago, it's the best bit of paint on the car lol he wouldn't let me paint the trailing arms.
Yeah it's taken me over a month to get mine ready to put back in.painted the cradle and arms.i did all the bushes and hyme joints on the control arms and blades.i used the superpro kit.lifetime warranty.wasnt cheap though
For the average guy out there, l strongly suggest go with the original rubber bushes. Nolathane will introduce a whole new set of problems. If you got to replace rubber ones every 10 years whats the big deal anyway. If it's a race car different story.
@Jacob Farrugia Awesome enjoy it mate, great cars for the money. They have their little issues but what car doesn’t, nothing too catastrophic though at least.
Hi guys, I’m a female Carpenter and I can normally handle my own, though I feel like I’m being royally screwed by my mechanic. He says a new diff for my Ford falcon BA 2004 is going to cost me $1500. I call bullshit! Can anyone explain how I can do it myself? I do my my own basic things, such as services and have changed the alternator and thermostat. Cheers
@Meagan Reilly Hi Meagan, happy to try help but just a little unclear. Is this for new diff bushes (as replaced in this video you've commented on) or upgrading/replacing the whole diff? Diff bushes would certainly be more common to do than the diff itself, as the diff generally has a very long life unless there's a LOT of abuse & extra power or accident damage - normally at least. The labour for these 2 jobs will be much the same as the whole diff cradle (the assembly worked on in this video) has to come out for either job, but prices for parts will vary. If diff bushes need doing then I'd say that's a bit high, under $1k seems more reasonable. Perhaps you could post on a BA/B Series owners Facebook group with where your located for local recommendations of who will tackle it cheaper? If it's the diff itself that needs replacing it will vary a lot depending on what you can get one for second hand or rebuild cost, then probably best to do diff bushes while it's out any way and you could quickly be looking at a decent price for what it is.
@@BrowneysGarage yea. My first 08 FG. I paid a mechanic to do it. Cause I needed it done ASAP to pass rwc. Sold that car. Had another Commodore. Then decided to buy another FG. 2012 MK2 this time. Bushes need doing ofc. But it's already rwc. So i was like maybe I'll just do it myself. Then I watched this and reminded myself why mechanics charge $500 to do it. Lol
@Moo Moo one of those jobs that just takes a heap of time, really wish I had a hoist for this one - and this isn’t even the hard part. Glad I’ve done it once though 😂 And $500 would be pretty fair price for sure, definitely worth it to be someone else’s problem!
Can't believe you used a carpenters claw hammer on the chisel. Not designed for it and can be dangerous as the face is softer than an engineers hammer, ie ball pein hammer.
It's much more difficult with decent quality bushes mate. SuperPro bushes are far superior as offer lifetime warranty, but are a fair bit more difficult to install.
@Mick Holgate Better quality = harder to install? Not sure about that mate, and if you’re basing it off a lifetime warranty Nolathane also offer it. I’m all for people having preferences and I have no brand loyalty but a few things don’t add up there.
@@BrowneysGarage they are tighter fitting, I'd never trust that rear nolathane bush as it's a push in version, which is why no performance ford workshop uses them. Check out SuperPro mate, they leave nolathane for dead!
mate I'm not having a go at you, just outlining that there are better bushes that require different installation process, that's all. Your video is good.
Don’t pay that mate unless that’s the price for a heap of other work with it. That’s a ‘we don’t want to do that job, so we’ll charge enough to make us want to do it’ price 🤣
Using those bushes will make your whole entire drivetrain clunk worse than what it did before you changed them. They are too hard. The bush will last a very very long time but the rest of your driveline wont.
@@mqrkohcomment was in regards to changing diff mounting bushes. More of a dig at Ford, than this creators video. The need to entirely remove the back end of a vehicle to replace diff mounting bushes makes as much sense as pulling your entire engine out to change the oil filter.
Yeah they really didn’t want to do that job unless they were well over payed for it then! 🤣 That or they wanted to replace a lot of other gear while they were in there.
Keen to see how you can swap out your Falcon or Territory diff at home now that you can change the bushes?
Make sure your subscribed with notifications on to get that as soon as it comes out, work has started and it’s shaping up to be a good DIY video and job.
Cheers 👍
Looking forward to the other vids
I'm a 68 year old tradesman fitter an turner, and I enjoyed watching this gentleman do the job.
Thanks Edward, that's very kind. All the best mate 👍
Hi Edward you should check out Nugget Garage
Im a mechanic and normally hate watching people explain how to do jobs and they clearly have no clue, good to finally find a channel that can explain stuff easily to people who may not understand
Well spoken, clear and to the point, as well as covering stuff that you DON'T need to panic about. Well done.
Thanks very much mate, hope it helped 👍
Thanx. I'm not a mechanic but my son is. I remember him telling me he's done this a few times and it's a bastard of a job, but that's the first time I've ever actually seen it done.
@Kneedragon1962 Replacing them isn't so bad, having the pull the full diff cradle just to get access though is rough!
I've saved this job for the Xmas break. I like the freezer idea better than threaded rod and bolts to tighten and force it in there.
Glutton for punishment like myself it seems - see a nice break and fill it with work! Depending on the bushes you use you may have to try a bit of the freezer AND threaded rod method but I got away without it as you saw. Hope it goes well mate!
Wasn't to hard honestly.
Thanks m8! I'm building a BA drifter & am about to put a shimmed LSD in so obviously I am doing bushes at same time. My car is further along thnx to ya vids as they have been very helpful. Cheers m8 look forward to seeing future vids.
Thanks i am now waiting for that video on how you took out that full axel thingy as i was thinking of chngaing diff on my territory sy instead of paying with an arm and leg to my mechanic plz reply back with other video if you have it
Needless to say your videos are always on spot with no waste of time on usless details
@Zubair Sheikh Thanks for your kind words mate 👍
The video showing how to swap it out is not yet complete but should be out in just under 2 weeks, looking like it will be a good one and all very do-able at home. If you’re subscribed with notifications turned on it should pop up as soon as it’s published.
Thanks for watching mate
Brought myself my first Barra turbo manual, and it also is getting this dreaded rear end knock as you described browny specially when on and off the clutch.
Been quoted 650-700 by a front end specialist shop to do all the rear end bushes in and out that day. Not bad for the price?
Too used to the old reliable ls1 commodore but you know, nothing like a turbo 6!
$200-250 in parts and leaves under $500 in labour, sounds fairly reasonable to me.
Good luck with it mate and hope it doesn’t disappoint again after the LS 👍
Old mate: where'd you get it done mate?
I’d love to know where I could get that job done for even 50% more than that
Thanx ive got wagon. So springs but is makin noise now. In time. Thanks browney.
Why does the final drivers side seem to have a "Cover" on it and look different to the passneger side ?
Thanks heaps for your video. I found out today I am up for a bush replacement within the next few months. Now I know what is involved.
No dramas. Not a fun job, plenty of work but it's all fairly straight forward. Good luck 👍
or leave the bushes in the garage overnight in a nice cold melb winter evening. now that you have done the fun part, I will wait and see how you go in installing the cradle back up
@bryan skerry They certainly weren’t defrosting out there I’ll just say that! Fingers crossed mate, I’m dreading that much more than this part, should be right though.
@@BrowneysGarage take it easy and have the jack and wheel stands ready to help with the lift up.
A really great video! Our SZ Territory is experiencing a clunk when it changes down or up under load. This video makes me suspect the diff bushes could be the culprit...
Another enjoyable and informative video. Thanks again.
@Ken Dunn Thanks very much Ken, glad to have you here 👍
Clear, precise and extremely helpful. Well done.
Glad it was helpful, thanks mate!
My bf GTP makes a bit of a nock when you take off or on and off trowel might be centre bearing .
Thabks mate. Really good video for a beginner such as myself ill be sure to watch your other video to how you droped the ass end out haha
Pretty good instructional video mate, nicely done.
Thank you for the video Browney you have given me the confidence and information about trying to tackle the job cheers 🍻
Shot buva this best video on the internet x
Thanks very much mate, not sure everyone would agree but I'll take it!
When ya put the diff cradle back in how did you go aligning it. I heard you need to align the diff using dowels?
Great video, how is the ride with the Nolathane instead of rubber? Keep it up 👍
Hey does anyone know the size of the middle one if it's 75mm or 82mm for an ford falcon bf 2005 lgp ? Because they are two different sizes
Very helpful mate, thank you for sharing. Just wondering if this can be done with everything still bolted on to the vehicle though? 😅
cant wait for the next video, keep it upp
@nahtz. Thanks mate, next one is shaping up to be a good one 👍
Hey man love your videos, had a shop do diff bushes on my bf. Now the whole rear end feels unsafe especially around 90+ kms per hour.
Any ideas what they could of done wrong? Mind you they also did sway bar links and control arm bushes so the whole back end has been tossed a bit but the guys reckon they aren’t at fault when they raised the issue first and it felt smoother before I forked out 2k
@Matthew Felice-Nicolay Sorry to hear mate. I'm far from an expert but I'd suggest starting with the basics if you can, go through and nut and bolt check everything in the rear. I remember the rear of this car being all over the place when I first got it and found that one lower control arm bolt where they attach to the cradle was slightly loose and was giving some play - this car had a bit of a sketchy history!
Beyond that get a good full wheel alignment check? There is very little adjustment in the rear I believe but this may show up anything out of the norm?
Does the whole diff need to come out
Will the fit in a 2007 ford Fairmont?
You will never learn anything if you pay people I really enjoy the fact that you have a go you get satisfaction of doing it yourself give yourself some credit there are so many brain dead people out there that can't even change a light bulb without a how to do I did a set of bushes in a bf xr8 and same as you no hoist basic tools took a while but got there
nice car by the way thanks so much 😊
Hey Browney. when are you uploading the installation of the cradle? Great vid by the way!
You mean this one? 😁 th-cam.com/video/82xNUMi7QXw/w-d-xo.html
Thanks mate and hope you enjoy 👍
How you got the cradle out without a hoist would be good to know. I was just going to use jacl, diff stands, block and tackle on tow bar to lift the arse end maybe?
@Jerry King You’re in luck mate, check out the video covering exactly that th-cam.com/video/82xNUMi7QXw/w-d-xo.html
Hey man can you do a video on how to replace rear wheel bearings on ford fg?i cant find any on here only bf and au
Don't have an FG sorry. Here's a link to a workshop manual for them though, maybe you could make a video for this?
www.allcarmanuals.com/factory-service-manual-254-Ford-Falcon-FG.html
Amazing video Brownie, your editing is getting good, great job. You're going to piss off plenty of mechanics with this stuff ;)
Here's an idea for a future video. If you ever take out the dash of a BA, video it and show us how to do it. My blend door shaft is broken so I have no heat, and I live at the bottom of NZ so it's cold as buggery. My bro-in-law is a mechanic and told me he wouldn't even like to take on that job. He said it'll be a 10 hour job at mechanic... that's pushing a grand in NZ! If you know how to do it, please do a video on it. A grand is a grand.
@KiwiPokerPlayer Legend, thanks heaps mate and glad you're enjoying. Who knows, mechanics might be happy people are doing these crappy jobs themselves now!
I have had that request before and you're right, it could make a great video if I can get in to film everything needed, community could definitely use a good guide for this. Haven't personally done it before though sorry so can't help with any pointers... and to be honest I'm really hoping i never have to, looks horrible!
Good explanation of whole process....Can the job be done with car on ramps without removing entire rear assembly ?
Unfortunately not, needs to be dropped. Passenger side front bush is hard up against spare wheel well/fuel tank, similar for the other front I believe. Sorry mate, not the answer you want I know!
@@BrowneysGarage Drop the fuel tank instead?
Hey Browney, followed this and just installed some Nolathane bushes, awesome video thanks! How are the bushes holding up today? I see Nolathane cops quite a bit about there bushings being bad and going bad quite quickly.
Boy do they, plenty of people let me know about it! I wonder how many have actually used them though, I haven't had any dramas to date but haven't been under to suss them out recently unfortunately.
In saying that I was a little shocked at the rear bushes 'ball' design and how easily it slipped in, after seeing what some well known shops have said about them since the video I would in future give SuperPro a go.
@@BrowneysGarage As a mechanic and a Track Drover, Nolathane are the cheap skate for Polyurethane bushes. They fall apart a lot sooner than even the OEM. If you want quality, SuperPro for sure. I have them on my drifty car and they get ABUSED and hold together like new.
@@proxypanda4156 Thanks for sharing mate, will be sure to give them a go next time - just hope that's not too soon!
That's great but what if the rear bush bolt is snapped
HI browney, I have a BA XR6T 430 kw, just done IMS twin bush hat conversion and th400 for the power. being a BA I expect the main centre diff bush was originally the offset bolt type but now with the new hat the diff centre is the same as BF & FG orientation " centre bush bolt not offset ". Do you see this a being a problem with balancing or pinion being wrong angle, I'm using the 2 piece tail shaft as well.
Hey mate, good question but I’d be a little surprised if they hadn’t factored for this already in the kit - never know though. Haven’t played with one so can’t answer but sure a quick email or call to IMS and they’d sort you out?
Good luck, looks like a good bit of kit 👍
Hey mate, with the centre diff bush is it because they’re nolthane and not oem bushes the reason you didn’t transfer the big round spacer that would usually be bolted up with the centre diff bush? Or would it be because it’s lsd? Really curious as I’m doing this with the same bush kit tomorrow. Cheers
I’m using super pro bushes and I’ve done taken out the old front bushes but keeping them in the freezer over night hasn’t helped me trying to hit them in, what do I do? Get a press or ?
Could try some all thread or a long bolt, big washers and a nut and use this to draw it in. Won’t make the bushes fit though, are you having trouble with them not fitting at all? Have you cleaned the surface where the old bush was?
How are the Nolathane bushes going? Noisy or harsh?
I haven’t had any issues with them so far. In saying that though the car doesn’t get driven a great deal so perhaps it’s to come yet, and after installing these and seeing/talking to a few big workshops who much prefer them I’d probably go SuperPro next time.
So far so good here though 👍
@@BrowneysGarage was keen on doing it myself as well but was already leaning to super pro and you have pretty much solidified my choice.
Another killer video!
@Trent Mc Swift Thanks mate, glad to have you watching through my series of hackery! 👍
Just curious, when driving the ba do you mainly use the sequential shifting or leave it in drive?
@Marcus Simpson Depends what I'm doing, spends most of it's life in drive but if I'm out having a bit of fun normally sequential cause I miss having a third pedal!
I have a 2004 BA V8 Fairlane G220. I appears to have been manufactured with XR8 suspension. I am considering the replacement of the OEM front shocks, spring, & struts; with Webco Front Low Pre-assembled Spring Shock Strut for BA, BF FAIRLANE, Falcon from Ebay. This was a short run model and I am unable to find any trustworthy information on it. Could you give me an opinion on the selection of this product? I enjoy your watching your posts. Thanks, Lex
Sorry Lex, I have zero experience or knowledge on the brand so anything I said would just be from searching online as I'm sure you have. Good luck and thanks for watching mate.
Great video. How much time did it take you from start to finish? Did you have access to a hoist to remove the cradle or just home tools like jacks and axle stands etc?
@Hunt Moorhouse Thanks mate. Honestly I couldn't tell you how long, I spend just about as much time moving cameras and lights and loose a sense of it these days. Seems doable in under a day all in, but having not done it before put aside a weekend maybe?
No hoist here unfortunately, all simple at home tools. Full video of removal and replacing is now out, check it out here - th-cam.com/video/82xNUMi7QXw/w-d-xo.html
I had to have this done on my G6E turbo at 90,000km as the rear bush was flogged out & the other two on the way out also - stupid design as the bolt literally writes around in the bush and hogs it out - pretty much doesn't matter what bush material you use, the engineering of it will guarantee it'll flog out before it should. I didn't have a hoist, so after reading through the workshop manual I decided to pay someone else to do it - it was $1800 NZD all up from memory, but that was years ago, probably be a lot more than that now given how much more tradies are paid these days. It was just about due for another round of replacement when some stupid cow ploughed into the back of the car whilst she was looking at her phone and wrote it off. Now I have a Lexus GS460, and the diff cradle engineering is so vastly superior - really don't know why Ford didn't sort this out after so many years.
Hey mate I know it’s an old video but did replacing you’re diff bushes give you and sort of diff whine, mine where replaced with nolathane now I have diff whine noise
Not that I particularly noticed, but I also mostly hear the slightly louder exhaust when having a play or cranking music when not, and don't a great deal of driving in it before/after the bushes were done so couldn't do a great comparison before and after. Sorry I can't be more help mate.
Hi mate does this stop it from slipping??
Great video, thanks, looking forward to more. Subscribed.
@SunSafe Australia Legend, thanks very much 👍
Do the ba xr6t standard lsd diffs fit into the g6et fg diffs ?
What was the nvh like with the nolathenes?
@Scabootie Haven’t has a chance to finish swapping the diff in just yet, will find out soon 👍
@@BrowneysGarage All good, maybe do a review later if you are up to it, cheers.
Hey mate when you recover you should do a fg inlet manifold
@Rvayy Thanks mate, back close to normal again thankfully.
Would be great to cover the FG manifold upgrade but don't think it will happen in this series unfortunately.
Rear ended alignment required after this?
You may get away without one but it's a good idea to get in checked and aligned, I did.
Curse you spell check lol!!!!
Cheers mate.... will add that to my list 👍
Had mine done by my mechanic. You certainly don't need to remove and take out the diff. He just dropped it on the hoist. However if you're getting paid by the hour. I fully understand.
@Joe VAN DIJK Dropped on the hoist or removed all together will be pretty similar anyway time and work wise, unfortunately most of us don’t have the luxury of a hoist though.
Have also seen it done but cutting a hole in the spare wheel well but obviously wouldn’t recommend that!
Thanks for watching mate.
What size is the bolt on the rear diff plz
I think 24mm
Oh I can't wait Browney
@stephen pager Too good, thanks mate 👍
Thanks Browny much appreciated, 👍👍
@Gordon Phemister No dramas, thanks for watching mate 👍
Why is one front bush black and one red?
Thanks. I enjoyed watching it.
Awesome job thanks mate! This really helps people out. New subscriber hear and thanks again👍
@Corporal Punishment I hope so mate. Glad to have you on board and cheers for watching 👍
G'day mate how much for a mechanic to do this for me
Excellent thanks for the video.
@Jake Horvath Thanks for watching mate 👍
Could someone give the tolerances?
Great information in this video Browny . Mate this is a mongrel of a job . I’ve been told mechanics charge around $1700 to $2000 for this job .
@Conservative Sniper Hunter Thanks mate I’ve heard some outlandish prices too, supposedly any taxi workshop is the go to for this one if you don’t want to deal with it yourself! If it goes in without any dramas, which I expect will be fine, then I just don’t see being anywhere near that hard or time consuming especially with a hoist.
They charge about 4 hours, so around 700 including the bushes. Anyone charging more is completely ripping you off.
Would like to change one day if can.
Can I please grab the link for the bushes you used. 🍻
For the offset bush in earlier cars 👍 - ebay.us/ToYN2A
This was a great video but ive now realised that the passenger side bush needs to go in further cause its now rubbing on fuel tank -.-
Y do u have to remove the whole diff y can't u do it while it still in the car and use a hoist?
If I had a hoist I wouldn't be rolling around under the car! Not possible on these with the diff in the car still though, have heard it's do-able by hacking up the spare wheel well to get to the front diff bush it blocks but that's too hack for even me.
@@BrowneysGarage yer I don't have the $1200+ mechanics want to do the job so hoping there's a way of doing it with the diff still left in the car and u don't have to drop it out to do it
@Jarrod Wareham $1200 is pricey, should get it done for under $1k, maybe closer to $700 or so.
Or just drop it and do it yourself, it’s really not that bad - th-cam.com/video/82xNUMi7QXw/w-d-xo.html
$550 for the nolathane kit in New Zealand...$180 for original Ford kit...
Does that sound right?, sounds like a rip to me.
Sounds like a HUGE rip on the Nolathane kit, still listed on eBay at just over $200 so $350 to get it over the ditch would be crazy. Surely they can had cheaper.
Interesting. Glad I have a wagon now lol.
@GlensGraphix G’day Glen, trust me this setup has me missing the earlier solid rear axle stuff too! May have it’s downsides but it’s damn simple to work with.
Autoco fucked that up first second and third time
Along with the trutrac install.
I ended up going to a diff specialist to fix autocos constant fuck up.
That sounds like a nightmare! Hope it’s sorted now mate.
@@BrowneysGarage yeah the other guy fixed it up first time and I've had no problems since.
I guess we are all home mechanics )) not being ripped off))
My ocd would of had that diff and cradle painted like new
@Ross C I was going in that direction too until I realised I wouldn’t be happy doing that unless it was pretty spot on. Which would me blowing the whole thing apart... then re-bush EVERYTHING... then I might as well powdercoat everything instead etc. Didn’t want this to blow out into that size job and $1k plus so it’s deal with the main issue and get on with it! 🤣
I did pressure wash it if that somewhat helps!
@@BrowneysGarage Put an lsd diff and axel assembly in sons old vs commodore wagon a few months ago, it's the best bit of paint on the car lol he wouldn't let me paint the trailing arms.
@@BrowneysGarage loving your videos by the way
@Ross C 😂 Nice! And thanks heaps for watching mate.
Yeah it's taken me over a month to get mine ready to put back in.painted the cradle and arms.i did all the bushes and hyme joints on the control arms and blades.i used the superpro kit.lifetime warranty.wasnt cheap though
For the average guy out there, l strongly suggest go with the original rubber bushes. Nolathane will introduce a whole new set of problems. If you got to replace rubber ones every 10 years whats the big deal anyway. If it's a race car different story.
Always fitted the super pro kits. If id had a dollar for every one of these that id done id be a millionaire.
I’ll gladly give you a dollar for the next one I have to do! 🤣
Any advice for them, trying to put them in on mine and they're tight as fock. Whacking them with block of wood and a mallet as in video but no luck
I’m not a fan I think good old fashioned rubber is the go for noise but I’m like you what would I know.
We’re all just working it out as we go 👍. Thanks for watching mate
mint
@Jacob Farrugia Legend thanks mate.
@@BrowneysGarage just got my first ba xr6 yesterday, so this'll help loads
@Jacob Farrugia Awesome enjoy it mate, great cars for the money. They have their little issues but what car doesn’t, nothing too catastrophic though at least.
Browney's Garage will do bro 👍
Hi guys, I’m a female Carpenter and I can normally handle my own, though I feel like I’m being royally screwed by my mechanic. He says a new diff for my Ford falcon BA 2004 is going to cost me $1500.
I call bullshit!
Can anyone explain how I can do it myself?
I do my my own basic things, such as services and have changed the alternator and thermostat.
Cheers
Just to clarify, I don’t know the difference between a diff and a diff bush. All i need is some guidance
@Meagan Reilly Hi Meagan, happy to try help but just a little unclear. Is this for new diff bushes (as replaced in this video you've commented on) or upgrading/replacing the whole diff?
Diff bushes would certainly be more common to do than the diff itself, as the diff generally has a very long life unless there's a LOT of abuse & extra power or accident damage - normally at least. The labour for these 2 jobs will be much the same as the whole diff cradle (the assembly worked on in this video) has to come out for either job, but prices for parts will vary.
If diff bushes need doing then I'd say that's a bit high, under $1k seems more reasonable. Perhaps you could post on a BA/B Series owners Facebook group with where your located for local recommendations of who will tackle it cheaper?
If it's the diff itself that needs replacing it will vary a lot depending on what you can get one for second hand or rebuild cost, then probably best to do diff bushes while it's out any way and you could quickly be looking at a decent price for what it is.
I've decided after watching this video, I'm too lazy for shit.
I'll just throw money at my mechanic and let him have all the fun lol
Can’t blame anyone who goes this option, it would be very tempting if I ever had to do it again!
I think I'll pay the mechanic for this one.
@Moo Moo Don’t blame you mate, it’s not the most fun job to do at home!
@@BrowneysGarage yea. My first 08 FG. I paid a mechanic to do it. Cause I needed it done ASAP to pass rwc. Sold that car. Had another Commodore. Then decided to buy another FG. 2012 MK2 this time. Bushes need doing ofc. But it's already rwc. So i was like maybe I'll just do it myself. Then I watched this and reminded myself why mechanics charge $500 to do it. Lol
@Moo Moo one of those jobs that just takes a heap of time, really wish I had a hoist for this one - and this isn’t even the hard part. Glad I’ve done it once though 😂
And $500 would be pretty fair price for sure, definitely worth it to be someone else’s problem!
@@BrowneysGarage where did you get it done for $500, a lot of mechanics are quoting 1.5K n shit
More of a problem with the AU series, very difficult finding parts
Can't believe you used a carpenters claw hammer on the chisel. Not designed for it and can be dangerous as the face is softer than an engineers hammer, ie ball pein hammer.
And I didn’t die once! 😮
It's much more difficult with decent quality bushes mate. SuperPro bushes are far superior as offer lifetime warranty, but are a fair bit more difficult to install.
@Mick Holgate Better quality = harder to install? Not sure about that mate, and if you’re basing it off a lifetime warranty Nolathane also offer it.
I’m all for people having preferences and I have no brand loyalty but a few things don’t add up there.
@@BrowneysGarage they are tighter fitting, I'd never trust that rear nolathane bush as it's a push in version, which is why no performance ford workshop uses them. Check out SuperPro mate, they leave nolathane for dead!
@Mick Holgate SuperPro aren’t pushed in?
@@BrowneysGarage no they are pressed in (with a press or tool), you cant do by hand ;)
mate I'm not having a go at you, just outlining that there are better bushes that require different installation process, that's all. Your video is good.
Was just quoted 3k for this
Don’t pay that mate unless that’s the price for a heap of other work with it. That’s a ‘we don’t want to do that job, so we’ll charge enough to make us want to do it’ price 🤣
Using those bushes will make your whole entire drivetrain clunk worse than what it did before you changed them. They are too hard. The bush will last a very very long time but the rest of your driveline wont.
Step one....remove your entire rear axle assembly. Right.
Obviously didn't listen at all. He posted another video with the removal and re-installation of the diff
@@mqrkohcomment was in regards to changing diff mounting bushes. More of a dig at Ford, than this creators video. The need to entirely remove the back end of a vehicle to replace diff mounting bushes makes as much sense as pulling your entire engine out to change the oil filter.
Can someone who knows more about falcons check my short vid and explain the sound
I got quoted 2.5k to get my diff bushes done.
Yeah they really didn’t want to do that job unless they were well over payed for it then! 🤣 That or they wanted to replace a lot of other gear while they were in there.
Look like eminem
@shifty dingo 🤣 Not sure about that but thanks mate and cheers for watching!
@@BrowneysGarage not old school eminem.. eminem today haha and I got a BF xr6 turbo and they chewing the diff bushes out lol
claw hammer
She’s looks a bit intimidating
Sorry leaf.
Terrible design, Ford. First on rubbish dump.
Nolathane Compound is to hard.
Just replace with the rubber ones. Nolathane also crumbles.