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The reason why you shouldn't use a cheap wishbone
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Seabook
PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:01 pm Up
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The ball joint has disappeared over time..... Laughing

 
 

 

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Ouch. Hope it failed at low speed. Left a nasty mark on your wing though.
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Bloodyhell mate any damage to bodywork from hittin anything etc?
 
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tomd0801754 wrote:
Who's car is that?

I know it ain't yours.

some frd back in china; he ignored the knocking noise from the wishbone for ages Laughing

 
 

 

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Oh dear. I had a cheap set, they lasted 6 months and the joints felt like they were going to fall out. Very Happy

Sticky this Very Happy

 
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to be fair this is the first time i have seen the ball joint fall off completely without external impact
 
 

 

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I'm definitely changing mine when I get paid now after seeing this Surprised
Got a small knock when low speed turning...never knew it could get that bad!

 
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Buy cheap, pay twice Wink

There's a picture floating about 306GTi6.com of a cheap wishbone where the mount for the P-bush sheared right off Laughing

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Lecktorious wrote:
Buy cheap, pay twice Wink

There's a picture floating about 306GTi6.com of a cheap wishbone where the mount for the P-bush sheared right off Laughing

pay twice probably won't help this time Laughing Laughing Laughing

to be fair i am quite surprise about this.

have seen quite a lot of accident damaged 206 and most of the time the wisbone still in one piece but just bent quite badly....

 
 

 

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It's french.....buy expensive, pay 27 times, buy cheap, pay 54 times. Either way everything wears out quickly!
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I quite Like his front bumper it's differnt.
 

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Need to change mine desperado!
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Cheap or expensive; ignore the clunking and squeaking and any ball joint will do this in the end.

I also notice they are relatively new tyres, I bet they were put on because the play in the joint caused the tyres to wear very prematurely. A new wishbone is cheaper than 1 tyre. In fact, if you fit them yourself, a pair of wishbones is cheaper than 1 tyre!

Some won't agree with that but with my discount I can often get QH wishbones (leading and VERY reputable aftermarket manufacturer) for £28 incl. VAT.

If you live near Swindon I might supply and fit for a reasonable fee.

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The exact reason that it's lucky I work at a pug dealer, before I went to Plymouth in May, I gave my car a little check on the lunch break and found it needed N/S track rod end, O/S wishbone and two new tyres as front were bald as a result of excessive play in the wishbone and track rod. If I hadn't have driven it into the workshop on my lunch break, I was told if I were to touch 80 on the motorway, this exact thing would have happened.
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