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 Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:30 pm |
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Joined: May 21, 2011
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Location: Scunthorpe
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Decided to lower my 180. started off at the front. 8 hours later. there's still a ball joint stuck and a sheered bolt. -.- should of know something would go wrong, its french :L
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:41 pm |
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I told you, you should of gone to Brett...
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:42 pm |
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Location: Stafford
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You sure you've taken the bolt off the ball joint completely out?
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:56 pm |
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Joined: May 21, 2011
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Location: Scunthorpe
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yeah, just one of the bolts sheere and took the p**s to get out. thats why it took so long lol
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:08 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Bristol
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if you got the right tools you dont need to take the balljoint off compress the springs take the drop link off the bottom or top. take the bolt that holds in the strut to the hub and bang down the a hub a bit. worked for me,
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:14 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Raunds, Northamptonshire
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| Ruffy_206 wrote: |
| if you got the right tools you dont need to take the balljoint off compress the springs take the drop link off the bottom or top. take the bolt that holds in the strut to the hub and bang down the a hub a bit. worked for me, |
I dont remove the ball joint when doing it.
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:25 pm |
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Joined: Jan 24, 2010
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Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info Code
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| Razpulsedj wrote: |
| I told you, you should of gone to Brett... |
I've done mine 3 times haha! Fronts a piece of pee to do no need to goto people for it to be done.
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:26 pm |
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| Ste206 wrote: |
| Razpulsedj wrote: |
| I told you, you should of gone to Brett... |
I've done mine 3 times haha! Fronts a piece of pee to do no need to goto people for it to be done. |
Let me rephrase....Should of gone to Ste 
Was going to do mine but would have been a rushed job as the show was day after 
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:31 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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if you can't do it, let someone do it for you.
don't blame the car...lol
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