Freelander 1 Fr. suspension arm ball joint replacement.

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Andy Warren

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Hi all, whilst servicing the FL I've noticed the boot on the L/arm ball joint is split, I replaced the lower arms with pattern parts a couple of years back & it has bolt on ball joints, unlike the genuine riveted jobbies.
So does anyone know if replacement ball joints (I'm looking at Delphi or FAI) fit these pattern type arms or only the genuine arms ? As I'm not sure if all the arms have the same hole spacings. Otherwise I'll just change the whole arm again. Thanks in advance.
 
I bought bolted type and the boots lasted a few months. Got them replaced by supplier. I'll look up who it was.

But, when the replacements came I stripped then and put new poly boots on. Should last the life of the joint.
 
You could try these i have purchased from this seller before and items are of good quality.

LAND ROVER FREELANDER FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT GSJ 3177 | eBay

They also have some drop links maybe worth getting to put aside.
LAND ROVER FREELANDER FRONT LEFT OR RIGHT HAND STRUT STABILISER UNIPART GSJ3353 | eBay
Thanks Arctic2, I still can't decide whether to do the whole arm or not. I fitted Lemforder drop links last time & they're still perfect unlike the Firstline ones before that whick only lasted about a 1,000 miles !
 
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