Tonytonem, there was some interesting comments made. I was most interested in the blame game. i.e. it's the manufacturers fault I don't perform preventative maintenance because things are too difficult to get to, or gee I expected those bushes to last at least 200,00 km or twenty years, whichever comes last. The difficult part if paying someone (workshop/dealership) to do the job, is to actually get someone who (a) knows what they are actually doing, (b) have the experience to LOOK for future problems and (c) perform the work in a professional and competent manner.