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    Ball joints ..

    Just a general "Q"..... When refurbing the car in 2014 renew'd a lot of parts one being new ball joints, the car has only done about 1500mls since then but on this years mot was told to renew rubbers on the b/j, the car is Vreg 87k had from new and up till time of renew were the original b/j and rubbers, "WHY" would the new ones perish so quick..

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    Did you press them in to the Oem arms? Could of been damaged while fitting. What brand are the new ball joints?
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    Yea I nicked the rubber cover pressing some in once, didn't take long for it to deteriorate.

    Can you buy new arms still? Sometimes 3rd party ones come with all bushes and balljoints already fitted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chriscooke View Post
    Did you press them in to the Oem arms? Could of been damaged while fitting. What brand are the new ball joints?
    New from Driftworks..rubbers are all perforated and cracked ....Tein ends (b/j) came with new Tein Rods...
    Last edited by Gerry; 14-03-2018 at 16:00.

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