grishenko45

hey all,

i'm gonna put new lower sus. arms on my mk5 fezza next week. as the bushes have been worn for a while now, but only just started to knock.

it's a pretty easy job (i think??), but just wanted to know if any nylock threaded nuts are used? because i don't want to have the old ones off and resalise that i've got to go out and buy a few nylock nuts.

thanks

LukeDaisley

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off the top of my head there all captive nuts. easy job, with the right tools it can be done in 20 mins.

zippyobrien

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U should replace all 4 nuts and bolts when changing. Good quality arms come with new pinch bolts

grishenko45

cheers fellas, the pinch bolt should come with my arms, and the other 3 bolts i should get new ones. right thanks...

@sirbuynsellalot - you say "with the right tools" - since the new arms comes with new ball joints, i'm just gonna knock the old ones out or lever them out with a bar. by "right tools" do you mean ball joint separators?

vaughant

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Usually come with a new pinch bolt,nylock for the bottom ball joint only.
Grab a new trackrod nylock while your at the factors,only £1 but the drop link should come with a nylock anyway,just re use that,it'll be fine.

There's one bolt at the back that hold the rear bush in,nut and bolt through the front subframe and of course the bottom balljoint bolt.

It's a relatively easy job,from memory it's an 18mm nut on top of the bolt,which is 15mm iirc.sometimes the link bar nuts can turn,but not undo so you need to get a spanner in on it.

vaughant

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The arm is complete?

zippyobrien

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Guide-
Take off wheel
Remove track rod nut, hit hub to crack of track rod, donot hit the tread,
Undo anti roll bar drop link (only need to one side of car)
Undo ball joint pinch nut.
Using ball joint breaker or a few large spanners pop the hub of the ball joint
Now undo the two lower ARM bolts nd remove ARM

Fitting is reverse of removal

grishenko45

as in, it had already got the bushes in it

grishenko45

cheers pal, i'll just use a few spanners or a pry bar to pop the ball joint out of the hub.

grishenko45

am i supposed to replace the drop links at the same time?
i just got some prices from speedy parts
£20.95 - lower sus. arm each
£1.49 - per normal bolt
£2.28 - pinch bolt
£1.02 - drop link bolt

zippyobrien

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I wouldn't go for the cheepest arms. They'll last 5mins.

Delphi arms are good

grishenko45

how much u recon?

zippyobrien

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dunno, i paid 28 or 30 for delphi arms, ford was like 180 the pair.

i try to use genuine on lower arms as they just dont last other wise

grishenko45

where do i get these? i've typed in delphi suspension parts on google, and get no actual website, only mentions?

i need then pretty quickly as i'm doing them next week.

grishenko45

any of these any good? or will they just be ford copies?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pair-Fiesta-Wi...item3f0499b1cf

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-Fiesta-96...item3a5fc34959

http://www.remoco.net/partslist.html - these are £25 a side

which do you recon would be best, as i can't seem to get any delphi arms, or even a web page that i can order any from!

thanks guys

zippyobrien

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Motor parts direct do them. Go to your local parts place and talk to thee man if he not retarded hell help

grishenko45

i live nowhere near any of these stores - i live in stockport - these are all down south - and postage would be expensive coz of weight. i'll just get some from remoco.

LukeDaisley

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i use euro parts direct. £18 each. does it matter if you have to change it every 3 years?

fraser9764

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do remoco do new parts now then? thought they were just a breakers?

gtinutter

poly bush it got my done and been done 2 years and no problems keep changing my arms every few months m8 well worth the money saves you money in the long run

grishenko45

new and used now

grishenko45

just had a look under the car - is it easier to take off the wheel surrounds (splash covers) to get the rear bolt?

Fiestabender

It's easier to take the cover off to get at the 18mm boot that is behind it bud

moondustka

Never had to take the drop link off or the track rod end to do a lower arm

Deffo get new bolts and nuts though for the lower arm front a rear bushes, especially if they're the original ones.

Adam-M

lol I'm sure he's fitted new ones by now

moondustka

didn't even look at the date

Glenn_

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6 year old thread ha ha ha.