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kluge
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anyone tried unoriginal wishbones?
« on: Feb 12th, 2005, 10:00pm » |
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Hi
One of the wishbones in my scorpio gave up. I've searched a bit and found 3x times cheaper whisbones made by TEKNOROT, some turkish company (I think). Unfortunately I can't find any reliable information how do these whisbones compare to original. Has anyone got any experiences with those? Are they the same durability comparing to original?
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kluge
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SaveTheNight
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Re: anyone tried unoriginal wishbones?
« Reply #1 on: Feb 12th, 2005, 10:51pm » |
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Hi Kluge .. I doubt there is an answer to that question here ... I think you will find we cannot get spurious wishbones .. we rely on Ford ones .. or Trevor at fordpartsuk ..who's parts are in fact from whichever supplier supplied Ford originally .. my company markets a reconditioned wishbone ..but again it is only a good quality original with new ball joint machined in and new Ford or Superflex bushes ... hope that helps ... regards ....STN
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Eddie
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Re: anyone tried unoriginal wishbones?
« Reply #2 on: Feb 13th, 2005, 4:07am » |
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Didnt know pattern parts were available,not to keen on the name of the company though TEKNOROT?
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Re: anyone tried unoriginal wishbones?
« Reply #3 on: Feb 13th, 2005, 8:53am » |
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not wishing to throw a damper on it but I suspect.. like many ..they may be Granada ? ... don't know though .. STN
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Re: anyone tried unoriginal wishbones?
« Reply #5 on: Feb 13th, 2005, 11:55am » |
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I saw the website too Andy and Teknorot is the suspension parts division ..but no product lists are there ? ....or did you spot something ?? ... STN
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scorpio_man
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Re: anyone tried unoriginal wishbones?
« Reply #6 on: Feb 13th, 2005, 11:58am » |
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hi bill
no, didn't see anything. i thought about emailing a photo of ours and see if they did them and at what cost.
about your ones. what price do you charge? if i can b so bold.  i paid £113 each about 6 months ago.
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Re: anyone tried unoriginal wishbones?
« Reply #7 on: Feb 13th, 2005, 12:30pm » |
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about 65GBP exchange Andy .. busy building up a supply at the moment ..but after the first time you can replace the ball joint .. note : these ARE reconditioned units of course .. STN
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Re: anyone tried unoriginal wishbones?
« Reply #8 on: Feb 13th, 2005, 3:34pm » |
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hi bill
typical!!!!!!!!!!!!  
well, there's always the next time. 
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Re: anyone tried unoriginal wishbones?
« Reply #9 on: Feb 13th, 2005, 4:07pm » |
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well if its any consolation Andy ..we didn't have them available then .. and are only putting them on sale when we have enough to meet requirements.. as with many other parts that we will be retailing .. our insurance has also been a nightmare < understandably > as soon as manufacturing became involved .. so there ya go ... catch you soon mate ........... STN
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Eddie
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Re: anyone tried unoriginal wishbones?
« Reply #10 on: Feb 13th, 2005, 5:07pm » |
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Interesting, You mention replacing the ball joint,tell us more!
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Re: anyone tried unoriginal wishbones?
« Reply #11 on: Feb 13th, 2005, 5:42pm » |
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we machine them Eddie ..to take an aftermarket ball joint instead of the non-replaceable one .. then you can change just the joint in the future ..no rocket science involved .. the joint is splined and pressed in from the bottom ..then circlipped at the top .. STN
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