thanks william, nope dont here the noises you mention, so may just go with changing the bushings..out here dealer charges about 50$ per bush, gonna scan around and see what i can find before parting with my money, but back to the question of the chopsticks, to test they are shot would i be able to tell if i can wiggle them by hand?

also looking at leforder bushing as the myle cant find in europe, any idea if they are good>