anyone know what this does

[Ewanm77]

was changint the wishbones on the car yesterday and on the drivers side one there is a cast metal thing that the that goes onto the mounting bolt but i dont know what its for and i forgot to take any pics

[ffrenchie]

I did the drivers side on mine for MOT. I don't know what the thing is for but I refitted it anyway. It looks like it might be to stop the pulley from hitting the chassis leg if anything serious happens to the pulley or engine mounts.

[Ewanm77]

its a strange one ive changed hundreds of wishbones and never seen anything like it before

[pk7478]

Ewanm77

Angle grinder going to help you

[Ewanm77]

haha got myself a impact gun last week best thing ive bought in ages. grinder was brought into play on the drop links though

[pk7478]

Could you please send us a pictures of a cast metal part?

[Ewanm77]

ill try and get a pic tomorrow if its dry

[Lighty]

I have always thought its to stop the engine dropping out if the mount fails, as suggested.

[Ewanm77]

is the engine falling out a common problem?

[ffrenchie]

Not related to Berlingo but we had a Clio diesel which I bought as a write off and repaired to put back on the road and I had to remove the front subframe for part of the job. There was a big lump of cast iron bolted under the front valance that I could see no purpose for other than to balance something on the other side. I put it back as I thought it must be there for a reason same as the piece on the Berlingo which seems to be aluminium so not so heavy.