30-05-2018, 01:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 30-05-2018, 02:01 PM by pug306driver.)
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Those dreaded little buggers, or the nuts that hold them on more like !!The ones on the car when we got it looked newish and plastic. All good until they need to be removed. The allan key hole in the end of the stub is a joke really. The nuts where seized on and no flats on the ball joint stub. So the one on the near side was ground off.
The ball joints themselves where all good, but now knackered as the nut etc was ground off. No good heating the seized nut as the ball joint cup etc. is plastic.
I looked at the metal types which were slightly cheaper ( just under £8 each from memory inc vat ) but went for 2 new plastic types at just under £9 each inc vat at my first port of call motor factors. These have the allan key hole and flats for easier possible removal.
Build a relationship with your local motor factor and get very near or actual trade prices.
ECP are sometimes cheaper but are 20 miles away from me.
The local motor factors are in the village.
Been trying to get into service box parts diagrams for the top of the strut, need part number for the top strut gaiter.........for a 1999/2000 hdi estate 2 l diesel 306.
Is this diagram at the top ( taken from an earlier thread on page 3 ) correct for our car please ??
Just been to the guides section, someone should start a parts exploded view and part number section please, to save all this info before pug uk pull the plug on it.
Saw the guide about front strut spring replacement etc. Whilst in town today I bought a silverline 1/2inch drive £1.67 21mm socket to make a tool to undo the strut damper rod nut from the top mount, so I can fit a new damper gaiter and paint all the parts to keep corrosion at bay.
I will weld a "handle" to the socket, so I can turn the socket, and pass an allan key thru the 1/2inch square hole to stop the strut damper rod from turning.
That's the theory anyway.
I just hope that works rather than the mole grips method. If you have to use the mole grip method, do it at the top of the damper rod stroke, else the seals will get ripped to hell and oil will leak. If your scrapping the struts, it don't matter, but if you are re fitting the struts, it does.