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wrattengsi
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18th Oct 10 at 17:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
same thing happened to me the bolt that hold the balljoint in wore away and it popped out exact same damge bad times its never nice
Dale
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18th Oct 10 at 17:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
Sorry if I've missed something but why's the ball joint attached to the top of the lower arm? Mine is 'inside' it and the bolts go through holes in the bottom all the way into the tie bar I think it is (the thing the ARB bolts to) So in theory yours was sitting about 5-10mm too high? That would cause the extra strain would it not?

Edit, just worked it out. Surely if the only reason it's like that is for the tie bar to miss the gearbox a modified tie bar would be the answer, not changing how the suspension's set up?

[Edited on 18-10-2010 by alan-g-w]


Yer since this I admit i fitted them on top for some reason A simple mistake but I will correct this!

But as for the spacing as said before its part of the kit with fitting an f28 into a corsa and it also comes with Tie bar spacers on the cross member as pictured below:

So the idea is to move the whole tie bar down evenly




Little up as per my project thread anyone ever used either of these two?

Uniball @ £150.01 + VAT



Harry Hockley @ £237.81 + VAT



The main difference I can see is that the HH ones use a thread and nut so i Guess I wouldn't be able to use these because of clearance issues as im using Larger CV's for the conversion?!?!
Steve
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18th Oct 10 at 17:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
whats special about those uniball ones to warrant that price
Dale
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18th Oct 10 at 17:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
whats special about those uniball ones to warrant that price


http://www.compbrake.co.uk/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=848

Both are designed for rallying ie hard hits etc, I personally would rather be safer and pay more as I do drive the car hard and I don't want to think shit am I going to snap a ball joint, as said before the ball joint is taken alot of extra power and i plan to increase it still....

Think if it snapped at high speed?
spankyjames
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18th Oct 10 at 19:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Think if it snapped at high speed?




you should never think of things like that,

i was doing over 100mph, stopped to relise my back wheel bolts were loose

hope you get it sorted mate
Graham88
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18th Oct 10 at 19:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If those ones are better then it's gotta be worth the money Dale. With the state of the roads these days and the cold winter to come they are only going to get worse.
Sean-B
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18th Oct 10 at 20:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I had the same tie-bar setup as you. The ball joint should be inside the lower arm 100% just to clarify.

Gutted about the damage
craig_s
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18th Oct 10 at 23:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
this happened to me on my old corsa 1.4 sri,was doing 40mph when it snapped,must be something in the casting if you ask me.

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