my Puma is pulling- not females though

[matsui92]

Hi all, MOT time for my Puma next month, may wait til after Christmas due to a few things id like to resolve, which are; oil leak from rocker, surface rust areas on front wings, rear brake line was advisory last year, and i've also been told that the rear A/R/B link arm bushes are gone too, which have lasted shy of a year? My main concearn though is ABS pump possibly on way out? I'll expand...
The brake pedal vibrates and a funny noise occurs, kind of like a grinding, with no light on dash. Has started doing it now while driving at speed but started doing it only at slow speed. Once the brake pedal has finished doing it's thing and the noise stops, the ABS and TC warning light appears. I've read on here about checking the sensors with a multimeter and shall give that a go, but if anyone else has had this issue or can point me in the right direction I'd be grateful.
I also have an extremely bad pull to the left, caused more than likely by the pot hole I hit back along. The bang buckled my front rim and tyre went down soon after, have I likely damaged steering arm? I have since this has happened, put good alloy on, replaced wishbone on that corner as well as top suspension strut bush and bearing. and the tracking has been done with laser technology-ooohhhhh. Still the pull though, and not the type of pulling I'd like to be doing in my Puma. Does anybody know what might be the likely cause of this pulling to the left?
Many thanks, Mat.

 

[YOG]

They are rear trailing arm bushes, there is no ARB on the rear. The RTAB has a small amount of rear wheel steering built in. You need to replace these, have 4 wheel tracking done and then see what other problems then arise.

 

[matsui92]

My mistake, thanks very much, shall get some ordered. Do these bushes not last very long, or is that down to my driving/cornering/pot holing?

 

[YOG]

If they are the originals, they are at least 13/14 years old.
If you replace them with the original type, you will need them either machine pressed in, or use a rear axle replacement tool, such as this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Fiesta-MK4-Ford-Ka-Rear-Axle-Bush-Fitting-Tool-/272019232321" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;?
Note: Although it says removal tool as well, some people attempting to do this, have broken the tool, due to the bushes being rusted in. When mine were pressed out, it took 50 Bar to remove them.
I had the rear axle off already for derust/painting, so was easy to pop down the local garage and have the new ones pressed in for £10.

How to remove the bushes yourself:
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http://www.projectpuma.com/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=4560" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.projectpuma.com/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=11187" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.projectpuma.com/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=21277" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Many people replace with Polyurethane, which are a push fit, making the job a lot easier. However, you do lose the small amount of rear wheel steering of the originals.

 

[matsui92]

They're not the originals as I replaced them last year. They weren't too bad to remove either as I was told they can be a bit of a nightmare by garage, so I'd say the ones I replaced weren't original either. I have access to presses at work so shall get them changed and go from there.