Wishbone ball joint

Jason2

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• Jun 1, 2010

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Got a knocking on the front end have put it down to play in the drivers side wishbone ball joint (a lot of)

bin haveing a quick look around and it looks like it's a wishbone replacement as the ball joints are riveted on but you can get just the ball joints of e-blag!

Any thoughts? worth doing or better to change the whole wishbone?

Cheers!

 

The Mad Hat Man

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• Jun 1, 2010

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I think NI replaced just the ball joint. Should be a thread on here somewhere.

 

Jason2

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• Jun 1, 2010

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Cheers MHM

Have changed just the ball joint in the past on other motors (drill rivets, bolt new ball/joint on etc...) but always nice to have others views!

Will have a looook

 

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• Jun 1, 2010

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Jason2 said:

Cheers MHM

Have changed just the ball joint in the past on other motors (drill rivets, bolt new ball/joint on etc...) but always nice to have others views!

Will have a looook

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if ya got the tools grinder ,good vice lot of time and tools then unrivet it. . . .better to change the whole wishbone me thinks

 

Optimus Prime

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• Jun 1, 2010

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me thinks NI had the mother of all jobs drilling / grinding / cutting / abusing the rivets out, sure he'll be along in a bit.

 

freebiker

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• Jun 2, 2010

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I remember reading NI's post myself, he had a right job to get the rivets out.

You're going to have enough of a job with the bushes, let alone the rivets. If you want an easy job, then replace the whole wishbone and the bush housing (with bush already pressed in). If you don't mind ****ing about for a couple of days then just do the ball joint itself.

 

Northern Irelander

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• Jun 2, 2010

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I still have nightmares

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/fookin-bollox-76112.html

If you're drilling, best to dam it and fill with oil.

 

Jason2

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• Jun 2, 2010

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Fooooooooook I love you lot (sometimes )

Bollix to that, I'm gunna get a whole new wishbone

Thanks for info as I'm sure I would have gone down the "ball joint" only road otherwise