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(Message started by: sg_frost on Mar 15^th, 2004, 9:27pm)

Title: bottom ball joints
Post by sg_frost on Mar 15^th, 2004, 9:27pm

Slight play in O/S/F bottom ball joint at MOT time. Can the joint be changed seperate from the arm, or must the whole thing be changed. Ford want £114 each inc vat. Working in a BMW garage and they simply press in and out, (sometimes with a big hammer though)

98 Ultima estate

Title: Re: bottom ball joints
Post by Snoopy on Mar 16^th, 2004, 6:56am

My understanding of it is that they are NOT replaceable pasrts and are not listed as pasrts in the microcat parts index.. so thats why you have to replace the whole arm asssembly

Cheers
Snoopy

Title: Re: bottom ball joints
Post by Paul B on Mar 16^th, 2004, 8:21am

Yes, that's quite right. You have to replace the whole arm... sickener innit? Expensive too.
There must be some way that someone could develop a a replaceable item for these. Its so wasteful, chucking away the whole thing for the sake of a failed joint. Anyone??

Paul

Title: Re: bottom ball joints
Post by cathouse on Mar 17^th, 2004, 6:52pm

HI
I just had one changed. the garage that does the MOT did it and the manager asked his supplier of pattern parts if he could make them. he reckons it wouldn't be worth the expense of tooling up cos there are not enough about and he'd lose money.

roy

Title: Re: bottom ball joints
Post by dart on Mar 17^th, 2004, 10:50pm

Terrible design problem for something that can give up well before 100'000 miles!
dart :(