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heidi6

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Post #1
Did a quick search, nothing came up. Has anyone else had this?

Heard an almighty clunk the other day when pulling into work carpark. Checked this morning and found my nearside droplink has snapped. I am a little sceptical of plastic droplinks and this only enforces my opinion.

Anyone recommend decent replacements?

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Posted 5th Feb 2012 at 21:27
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judge dead

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well my old 6 had 1 plastic and 1 metal one but it didnt look custom so there must be somewhere that sells 2 diffrent kinds? and i know there was a few custom drop links going about on here i seen a set for sale in parts for sale
Posted 5th Feb 2012 at 21:30
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eliotrw

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Nothing wrong with decent make plastic ones. They don't have THAT much force put on them and the metal ones just bend.
Your choice is literally:
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Cws pellowe/ Phillipm ones

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Posted 5th Feb 2012 at 21:39
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cwspellowe

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Peugeot used Lemforder plastic drop links as standard and they last fecking ages. Cheap ones will snap eventually but OE ones should be fine.

The plastic ones tend to be more durable than the metal ones too, they have a spring to them that the metal ones don't, they tend to just bend.

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Posted 5th Feb 2012 at 21:42
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heidi6

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eliotrw wrote:
Nothing wrong with decent make plastic ones. They don't have THAT much force put on them and the metal ones just bend.


Hmm On closer inspection my plastic one looks slightly bent when piecing back together. Will have to look into cause. Thanks for the advice guys.

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I live work (to pay) for the 306

Phase 3 Astor. Built on Wednesday, 12th April 2000 in France.

Years of 'Creative Maintenance' mean this car is now much lighter and slightly more 'race' specced... Tee hee
Posted 5th Feb 2012 at 21:43
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welshpug!

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probably been seized for ages.

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Posted 5th Feb 2012 at 22:22
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bigbadbowen

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Lemforder type from ecp Yes
Posted 5th Feb 2012 at 22:27
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woody.

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Yup, same happened to me a while back. Had only been fitted 2 weeks. On closer inspection there was a big air bubble and no plastic material hence why it snapped I reckon. Replaced it with another plastic jobby and all was fine.
Posted 5th Feb 2012 at 22:45
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bigbadbowen

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I'd be more worried about the fans bud Yes
Posted 5th Feb 2012 at 22:50
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bigbadbowen

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I'd be more worried about the fans bud Yes
Posted 5th Feb 2012 at 22:50
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