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Offline Perryd84

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Replacing wishbone and bushes
« on: 29 July 2010, 10:19 »
I need to replace my bushes as they gone to s**t, but the car pulls to left so gonna change the wishbones and ball joints as well.
I cant find wishbones any where that have the ball joint's fitted as well as the bushes its driving me mad can any one give me a good site or part numbers that i can search for.
Ive tried euro car parts but they don't sell them with the ball joints  :undecided:
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Re: Replacing wishbone and bushes
« Reply #1 on: 29 July 2010, 10:27 »
you can get the pair on ebay for 50 quid with everything attached
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Re: Replacing wishbone and bushes
« Reply #2 on: 29 July 2010, 10:28 »
Quote from: braderz on 29 July 2010, 10:27
you can get the pair on ebay for 50 quid with everything attached

Be warned that the balljoints won't last very long  :sad:
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Re: Replacing wishbone and bushes
« Reply #3 on: 29 July 2010, 10:36 »
Yeah had look on ebay whats quality gonna be like though has any one bought any off ebay?
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Re: Replacing wishbone and bushes
« Reply #4 on: 29 July 2010, 10:38 »
best bet is to get a set of second hand wishbones, a set of AudiTT rear bushes, and genuine vw balljoints.

get them all together, bushes pressed etc and then replace in one go.

Or just buy a set of AudiTT bushes and get a garage to replace them for you.
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Re: Replacing wishbone and bushes
« Reply #5 on: 29 July 2010, 20:19 »
i bought wishbones from euro car parts and ball joints as it not big job to replace them if they go wrong, got audi tt bushes pressed in and put them on although it was a bit of a job as couldnt stop ball joint turning to get the locking nut off lol so since i was putting on new wishbones i just took a grinder to the old wishbone and cut it in half lol it gave up the fight after that. will look for part numbers and price. get some of that halford shock and unlock stuff it was way better than wd40 for loosening up the bolts used since on the bike and it good stuff
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Re: Replacing wishbone and bushes
« Reply #6 on: 30 July 2010, 13:37 »
Parts numbers for genuine items from VW or TPS can be found in the TPS Parts Price List thread which is a sticky post
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Offline AaronGS

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Re: Replacing wishbone and bushes
« Reply #7 on: 30 July 2010, 14:24 »
Try the parts list as said or if you want them all built up, ready to go, try this very helpful chap:
info@rtek-motorsport.com
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Re: Replacing wishbone and bushes
« Reply #8 on: 30 July 2010, 14:52 »
why do you especially want the arm and ball joint as a one piece?

a 2 piece design saves forking out for the whole thing in the future if the ball joint duffs up
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Re: Replacing wishbone and bushes
« Reply #9 on: 30 July 2010, 15:28 »
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