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Author Subject: car eats balljoints- anyone with KW's/richW/phil links
james_geldart

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Hi guys...

My car has eaten both its lemforder ball joints in under 2000 miles

They are the only thing it failed the MOT on - both had slight play

my setup is KW V2's on medium settings, Rose jointed drop links, RichW roller bearing wishbone bushes

I dont drive the car like a tool - usually just to the gym and back as i have a bike for the weekend

I appreciate the balljoints are pretty much the only point of give left - but surely they should be lasting longer than 2k

anyone else with this kind of setup have this problem?

Is there anything rosejointed on the market? or can someone please make some?! Whistle

Cheers guys

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Posted 6th Sep 2009 at 16:00
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mechanical_repairs

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Are you sure its the ball joints and not an ovaled hub?

Quite common, remove the ball joint and take a look at where it sits.

Carl

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Posted 6th Sep 2009 at 15:57
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james_geldart

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mechanical_repairs wrote:
Are you sure its the ball joints and not an ovaled hub?

Quite common, remove the ball joint and take a look at where it sits.

Carl



cheers for the quick reply carl - yep defo ball joints - ive replaced one and the play has gone (GSF only had one in yesterday unfortunatly!)

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Posted 6th Sep 2009 at 15:59
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