excessive play in bottom ball joint.

[moutains]

shop around most factors do the b/joint around £8

[mellow yellow]

cool thanks will do 

they still want 1 hours labour! £52.88 

think i'll try tackle it myself with a bit of supervision.

[robz]

147 is nothing to what ford dealer wanted - try 260 quid

[Horney]

That's cheap for Ford. They charged my Gran £400 to change a rear wishbone bush.

Nick

[robz]

robbers arent they!!
tbh mate, i had same problem 1 month agao, never done a wishbone before - not a trained mechanic, took an hour and a half tops just taking my time, and also i think it was on horneys advice, soaked the relevant bolts for 3 days in wd40 twice a day, bit excessive but certainly had no problems getting bolts out

[boneybradley]

one thing i will add....mark the position of the old ball joint before removal and refit using these marks for alignment (otherwise you'll knock the camber out! and that's £50)

[robz]

That aswell!!
I didn't bother, cos mine was out anyway so needed it tracking and camber sorting!

[AudiA8Quattro]

one thing i will add....mark the position of the old ball joint before removal and refit using these marks for alignment (otherwise you'll knock the camber out! and that's £50)

I might be wrong here, but if i remember right they should be central in the slots.