(15-03-2015, 10:25 PM)Hdi and proud of it Wrote: All the bolts are tight, been on for a while and passed MOT but the noise is just becoming an annoying now.

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The rose bushes haven't got rubber gaiters on which I think I should get done

(16-03-2015, 03:24 PM)procta Wrote: I don't think these are worth the paper they are written at all. Mine have done practically f*ck all miles and they are advisories on the mot now! not even a year old either! So I think I will be revering back to standard units.

(16-03-2015, 05:00 PM)Niall Wrote:

(16-03-2015, 03:24 PM)procta Wrote: I don't think these are worth the paper they are written at all. Mine have done practically f*ck all miles and they are advisories on the mot now! not even a year old either! So I think I will be revering back to standard units.

Yours are crap then. Get decent ones, fit them properly and look after them and it makes a big difference to the handling of the car.

(16-03-2015, 11:23 PM)Rippthrough Wrote: That's partly why I stopped making 'em, got sick of messages saying "They're only £3.68 on ebay, your ripping us off!"
I know you say they weren't cheap, but I couldn't sort out just the joints for £80 by the time you're done with inserts, studs and boots, never mind the links.

I made some with the cheap joints and no boots that needed maintenance to start with, nothing but hassle as no matter what people say, they never clean and maintain them like they require...by contrast the booted and tracable joints I ran on my wishbones lasted 3-4 years, in fact, they were still good as new when I sold 'em.

(17-03-2015, 12:05 AM)Rippthrough Wrote: To be honest, that's the worst thing for a rose joint, because the balls are high carbon (usually 52100) steel, so they get rust pits where moisture sits pretty quickly if they're stood without being used unless they have a lubricant film over 'em. Like most things with a car/machinery - they don't like being stood!

I do know what you mean at 80 quid for a pair of links, given for half that you can stick some good quality stock links on - but going by when I was doing 'em, I'd say that's kinda the no-mans land, in that they're too expensive for people to just go 'meh, cheap and cheerful, they'll do for the track car' so they'll just clean and grease 'em every month - and actually being expensive enough to do a decent package that will last the abuse they get on a road car.*
Still doesn't help you mind



*Yes, that is the right way around, road car suspension bits see FAR more abuse than most track cars