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scorpsteve
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front wishbone bushes
« on: Apr 13th, 2010, 6:34pm » |
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Does anyone know how easy/hard it is to change the front bushes on the front wishbones.
any advice greatly appreciated
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #1 on: Apr 13th, 2010, 6:43pm » |
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EASY! 
burn the old ones out,
new wishbones come with front bushes attached, are the balljoints ok?
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #2 on: Apr 13th, 2010, 6:52pm » |
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thank you.
yes ball joints ok and bushes are a lot cheaper than whole arms. 
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #3 on: Apr 14th, 2010, 1:44am » |
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If the wishbone front bushes are shot, then you can usually guarantee than the ball joints won't be far behind, so it could be a load of needless hassle trying to replace the front bushes.
New Ford wishbones are pretty expensive, but Quinton Hazell now do a pattern wishbone. Not sure how much they are, but most pattern parts are usually about half the price of the original Ford parts 
The QH part numbers for the front wishbones are..... LH:- QSJ2101S.... RH:- QSJ2102S
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #5 on: Apr 14th, 2010, 9:14am » |
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just rang the guys at buypartsby a little confusion over the part number but got there in the end
the price wasnt too bad £57.14 for the pair inc vat
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #6 on: Apr 14th, 2010, 9:31am » |
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£57.14 for the pair....don't you mean each ?
I thought they'd be alot cheaper, but I didn't think they'd be that cheap 
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #7 on: Apr 14th, 2010, 10:03am » |
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on Apr 14th, 2010, 9:31am, Jonnycab wrote:£57.14 for the pair....don't you mean each ?
I thought they'd be alot cheaper, but I didn't think they'd be that cheap |
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Does that include any of the bushes ?
Seem to recall when you buy the Ford wishbones they come with one of the bushes already fitted but not sure if that is front or rear.
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #8 on: Apr 14th, 2010, 11:38am » |
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I think the rear bush + nuts etc. comes separately, and the front ones prefitted.
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #9 on: Apr 14th, 2010, 11:56am » |
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The plot thickens.....just been in my local motor factors & out of interest I asked him if he could find me a price for the wishbones. He looked them up in his bible (car shop parts catalogue) & they are listed as being produced by both QH & FAI.
He made a couple of phone calls to suppliers & could not get a price !!.....reason being, apparently, although they are listed in both the QH & FAI catalogues, neither company actually produces them yet 
Why ?......because Ford haven't yet released the rights for anyone to produce a pattern part 
Has anyone ever managed to buy one of these pattern wishbones before ?....Or is it really just to make the parts catalogues look thicker ? 
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #10 on: Apr 14th, 2010, 12:03pm » |
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hi there
i posted a while back that i knew the patterned part list had them on it (for years now), but weren't actually available.
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #11 on: Apr 14th, 2010, 12:38pm » |
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on Apr 14th, 2010, 11:56am, Jonnycab wrote:
Has anyone ever managed to buy one of these pattern wishbones before ?....Or is it really just to make the parts catalogues look thicker ? |
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Well, my local factor here in Finland shows them even in stock with an exact number for different cities where they have stores, for a cool price of 199€ per side inc. VAT. Most likely it's a Q&H, mine are still OK, so I didn't check in person (and I will rather consult the german site when they brake).
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #12 on: Apr 14th, 2010, 12:41pm » |
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on Apr 14th, 2010, 12:38pm, tlundkvi wrote:
Well, my local factor here in Finland shows them even in stock with an exact number for different cities where they have stores, for a cool price of 199€ per side inc. VAT. Most likely it's a Q&H, mine are still OK, so I didn't check in person (and I will rather consult the german site when they brake). |
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For 199euros per side, I would imagine that they are genuine Ford ones, as that's quite pricey 
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #13 on: Apr 14th, 2010, 12:54pm » |
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on Apr 14th, 2010, 9:31am, Jonnycab wrote:£57.14 for the pair....don't you mean each ?
I thought they'd be alot cheaper, but I didn't think they'd be that cheap |
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no i asked him twice if it was for the pair and he was definite and they come with the front bush only.
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #14 on: Apr 14th, 2010, 12:56pm » |
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when they get delivered i will let all know how good/bad they are but hopfully they will be ok.
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #15 on: Apr 14th, 2010, 1:01pm » |
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on Apr 14th, 2010, 12:41pm, Jonnycab wrote:
For 199euros per side, I would imagine that they are genuine Ford ones, as that's quite pricey |
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No, it's just Finland. It's like that mostly with repair parts, sometimes regular service parts too, but also with breaker yards. It is often much better to order from abroad and pay high postage, than to buy locally. For example, some breakers ask 300€ for a complete scorpio door.
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #16 on: Apr 16th, 2010, 3:47pm » |
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jsut got my wishbones through from buypartsby and there is a good reason for them being cheap. wrong ones phoned them and they say thats all thats listed for the cossie.
so phoned qh and they do list them but not in production as ford havent released license for them so back to square one. 
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #17 on: Apr 16th, 2010, 3:56pm » |
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hi there
thought as much!!
it's one of the Achilles heals of the scorpio. that and rear shocks for the estate.
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #18 on: Apr 16th, 2010, 4:34pm » |
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Has anyone tried the german company?
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Re: front wishbone bushes
« Reply #19 on: Apr 16th, 2010, 9:24pm » |
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Steve.
I suppose they gave you a pair of track control arms for a Granada !! it is so difficult to convince parts people that the front suspension is completely different !!
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