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Drop arm ball joint

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Range Rover Blues:
*%^$*  £70?, the parts cost a tenner :-.

graham2306:

--- Quote from: Range Rover Blues on April 09, 2008, 15:37:28 ---*%^$*  £70?, the parts cost a tenner :-.

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Well I bought the repair kit at lunch time from my local independent Land Rover specialist and it cost £24, I know I could have got them cheaper mail order from someone and I also know they would be like the UJs I got from mail order, cheap and nasty.

I've got the ball joint taper apart and got the guts out, can't budge the races at the moment and have decided I may have to take the arm off of the box, or get a bigger hammer.

Range Rover Blues:
Yeah, that's a toughie, I won't fit hong-kong-fuey wheel bearings, UJs or rubber doughnuts but I'm perfectly happy with Britpart drop arm balljoints, in fact all their balljoints, dampers and many other parts.

I guess half of it is knowing which components are pushed to their design limits and which have a margin built in, most components are selected off the shelf by designers after all.

cotefarmboy:
Just bought one of these Britpart kits for mine, cost £12 from my local supplier + 1 hour labour to fit, £42 all-in ain't bad in my book.

graham2306:

--- Quote from: cotefarmboy on April 10, 2008, 08:25:00 ---Just bought one of these Britpart kits for mine, cost £12 from my local supplier + 1 hour labour to fit, £42 all-in ain't bad in my book.

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Yeah but your hands a clean and you haven't had a struggle, where's the fun in that? :lol: :lol: :lol:

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