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sperminator
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26th Jan 04 at 15:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

as above
James R
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26th Jan 04 at 15:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Put on the steeering lock, Jack the car up so the wheel is off the ground then feel for any play in the wheel.
If its the ball joints are going then there will be play in the 12-6 O'clock line, and if the wheel bearing is dying then you should feel play all the way round.
Charaqceristics of worn ball joints is sloppy handling.
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26th Jan 04 at 15:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Excellent i think its the ball joint then
Siberia
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26th Jan 04 at 15:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

ud wanna get that fixed.

u seen what happened to yer man brads car

lett that be a lesson.
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26th Jan 04 at 15:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

lol k
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how much will it cost me 2 get it fixed?
Siberia
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26th Jan 04 at 15:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

well id do the the job meslf as its simple.

i think it would be around £30-£40 for the parts guessing though
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26th Jan 04 at 16:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

fucking hell then the labour on top?
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26th Jan 04 at 17:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

get that fixed asap! or you will end up in the situation i was in!!
only the 19's gave bad handling anyway!
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26th Jan 04 at 19:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

do it yourself its only 3 bolts per side
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Vaux want £120 to replace the lower ball joints. Had my car serviced today and i need mine replacing too
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26th Jan 04 at 19:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

cost me 260 for new outer cv joint and ball joint! with vaux!
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Bloody hell!!
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so how much shuld i b lookin 2 pay not wiv Vaux
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As in the other post Vauxhall Balljoint kits are £36+vat per side. I dont have play in mine but my handling is awfull, as brad says though big wheels and silly lowering dont make it easy to spot. I'd now recomend lowered corsa's get them changed at least every 3years, regardless of condition... Thats lowering for ya
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27th Jan 04 at 16:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Also cheap pattern parts will not last long, ive heard of people on MIG getting through balljoints every 5K miles with the cheap ones

 
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