Pop goes the Whatsit

"SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media" (silentbutnotreallydeadly) 03/27/2018 at 01:04 • Filed to: Subaru

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After a weekend roadtrip to see some long lost mates, we noticed the old SF Forester was not quite itself in the handling department.

The odd clonk and some less than Subaru like cornering feel.

Looked underneath yesterday to find we’d popped the Whatsit on the left side...

The Whatsit is actually the rear transverse hydraulic bush on the front control arm. It controls the camber on the wheel...amongst other things. But this one isn’t anymore.

New one is on the way but the price (AU$183 delivered for genuine) is somewhat hurtful for a 18 year old car with 250,000 km on it that’s probably worth less than four grand. Thing is it won’t pass muster for registration like this...and this is pretty much only the third thing that’s ever failed on it (shocks and rear sway links are the other two). It still has the original clutch, CV’s and head gasket in it. Good car this one...

pip bip - choose Corrour > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 03/27/2018 at 05:31

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those bushes are SOOOOOOO common it isn’t funny, worse are the ones for the Liberty’s

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > pip bip - choose Corrour 03/27/2018 at 07:26

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True. They fit a lot of Subaru’s. And there’s a lot of Subaru’s...

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 03/27/2018 at 08:17

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I’m pretty sure that bushing was used in every Subaru from around 1990-2009.