JimmyBoy

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Can you get these new ? not original ford ones as they are about £200+ each, but from a motor factor company maybe ?

Any help appreciated!

SafeChav

i'd be surprised if you can get third party ones of those!

Why are you wanting new ones?

JimmyBoy

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Just weighing up my options really. Still being pissed about by this bloke from ebay, so just didnt know if I could get new ones or not.

SafeChav

Ah i see.

I'd try and get some second hand ones if ya can, new are guna be £$£$£$£

smitsturbo

do you mean the trailing arms? if so you can get a set of adjustible ones for £250 from MEF motorsport

SafeChav

ahhhhhhh now theres a good idea

good thnking Batman





















P.S you forgot to mention he needs a grands worth of coilovers to go with them

Marc LJX

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He must mean the wishbones...

Last time i bought trailing arms from Ford they were about 30 odd quid each IIRC. Circa 2001.

JimmyBoy

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Yeah, I just mean the wishbones.

I sent an enquiry to http://www.carparts-direct.co.uk and they have come back saying that they can supply me these from £19.99.

Do you think that we are deffinately both talkin about the same thing? I did request "Rear Suspension Arm", wonder if I should have put "Rear Suspension Wishbone" ?

Thanks.

JimmyBoy

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Well....

Phoned em up, they had quoted for the front track control arm!

craig rs

do u mean these??

JimmyBoy

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There the baby's !

where did you get them?, they look expensive though!

SafeChav

craig rs, where did you get the blue poly bushes from?

smitsturbo

i'll have to correct you there big man as you dont need the coilovers for the trailing arms but you do for the 4 link kit

SafeChav

ohhhhhh! do they make adjustable OEM arms then?

craig rs

safechav ask the previous owner stevenebm he got them

jimmyboy u wanna buy these wishbones im breaking the car

JimmyBoy

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depends how much you want for em m8.

Marc LJX

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What is the going rate for a second hand pair?

Talking to a bloke at the weekend in Cumbria he wants them off a knackered S2 that i have, plus the rear ARB. Dont know what to ask for them though

vroooom ptssssh

This is how I have my poly bushes fitted (wishbone - hub) is this the correct way? Ive been told to weld collets in so the bush is sat in more metal rather than just the thin part of the wishbone?

Marc LJX

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vroooom ptssssh

I think you'll find too much play in that as it is...

Once you bolt the wheel on, you'll probably be able to move it back and forwards with your hands when its jacked up

vroooom ptssssh

Marc LJX, Spot on, I can.... so weld on collets to where the wishbone stops, or press in slightly smaller collets that are the full length of the bush? what you reckon? or is their another remedy?

what about the inners? Ive taken the old bushes/collets out, will they need the same treatment?

Marc LJX

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The inners should be fine.

I once squeezed some powerflex outers through the standard bush outer collet, but they were too tight and mushroomed out of the end

I think your best bet is to weld on an extra short piece of tube where the wishbone stops (As you suggest) but maybe ever so slightly smaller than the diameter of the hole in the wishbone. (So that the bush is tight in the hole, but not so tight as it is distorted.)

If you weld these bits on, they should stop 3mm or so short of the stub axle assembly when it is all bolted up tight. Dont make them too long so that they are pressing on the stub axle assy before the inner sleeve is tight (If you know what i mean).

Good luck

PS i binned my Powerflex ones and got some others that came with outer collets, but i cant remember the manufacturer

vroooom ptssssh

Cheers for that Marc, i'll give that a go!

I knew their wasnt something right, my mechanic pal reckoned it was 'ok' tho

Marc LJX

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They are shite arent they!

Worse than 20 year old standard bushes

vroooom ptssssh

Aye, It's a pain in the d!ck, now its gotta come back off least I know before I do the other side tho