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| Author | Subject: New ball joints sent dont fit either |
 fast_eddie
Regular  Location: bradford Registered: 21 Jan 2012 Posts: 285 Status: Offline |
Post #1
Just fitted my new motor factor bottom arms and the uj's are around 15mm too short compared to what I have removed.There are correct in diameter 18mm but look to be around 15mm too short. The arms themselves fit, but the joints throw the steering out all over  |
 Posted 16th Apr 2014 at 15:50
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bigbadbowen
Seasoned Pro  Location: Winchester Registered: 21 Nov 2003 Posts: 13,752 Status: Offline |
Post #2
That will be none power steering ball joints |
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Posted 8th Apr 2014 at 23:29
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fast_eddie
Regular Location: bradford Registered: 21 Jan 2012 Posts: 285 Status: Offline |
Post #3
ah ok thanks all sorted now |
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Posted 10th Apr 2014 at 02:00
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fast_eddie
Regular Location: bradford Registered: 21 Jan 2012 Posts: 285 Status: Offline |
Post #4
Or so I thought!!I did the original work on the car on the side of the road at night with a head torch (Ive no drive or garage) and I bludgeoned the bolts into place on the universal joint to hub carriers. Because I was not happy with how the bolts felt, or looked , I set about replacing them today and I found that the problem is still with the crappy vetech universal joints.. The security groove in the UJ is in totally the wrong place. It is roughly about 10mm too far 'up' the shaft of the UJ . If the UJ is fully 'home', the top of the UJ shaft sits out of the hub carrier and almost touches the abs ring. If I line up the bolt with the security groove of the UJ, the UJ sits out of the hub carrier by 10mm. Any ideas? GSF are not good in my books anymore |
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Posted 15th Apr 2014 at 22:19
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allanallen
Seasoned Pro Location: Buxton Registered: 01 May 2007 Posts: 1,399 Status: Offline |
Post #5
V-tech stuff is utter s**t! buy cheap, buy twice end of story. It's a ball joint by the way, steering columns and prop shafts use universal joints  ________________________________________ www.bridgecraftmotorsport.co.uk |
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Posted 15th Apr 2014 at 22:25
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fast_eddie
Regular Location: bradford Registered: 21 Jan 2012 Posts: 285 Status: Offline |
Post #6
Sorry yes meant ball joint, heads all over the place and you are right about buying twice!!Why is the ball joint too long though, im curious to GSF's mess up. Looks like Im ordering Peugeot ones tomorrow... |
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Posted 15th Apr 2014 at 22:53
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fast_eddie
Regular Location: bradford Registered: 21 Jan 2012 Posts: 285 Status: Offline |
Post #7
GSF only list 2 ball joints for the 306 and both are wrong for my car?Any ideas? |
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Posted 16th Apr 2014 at 15:51
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dangti6
aka JKshooter  Location: Taunton, Somerset Registered: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 10,305 Status: Offline |
Post #8
Buy a better brand elsewhere. ECP do Lemforder ones for about £12. CP4L will be marginally cheaper but depends how much of a rush you are in. I bought some Delphi ones @ £8 each delivered from Mister Auto. They messed up my order the first time but did sort it without quibble so I'd use them again. You'll probably find that the bushes in your Vtech arms will probably not last very long either. If I was you I'd probably return the lot for a refund if possible. ________________________________________  |
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Posted 16th Apr 2014 at 16:03
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buzzbrightyear
Seasoned Pro  Location: hiding all receipts for car Registered: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 11,894 Status: Offline |
Post #9
They make s**tty plastic kids toys, no wonder there ball joints are s**t.________________________________________ andrew315rawson@live.co.ukMoonstone phase 7 gti6 My Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=119992&page=1 |
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Posted 16th Apr 2014 at 18:29
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fast_eddie
Regular Location: bradford Registered: 21 Jan 2012 Posts: 285 Status: Offline |
Post #10
OK thanks for the help  Is there anyway of pin pointing where GSF have gone wrong as they dont list another joint for the 6 at all and both of the other joints are wrong? A right waste of my time on my back over a curb in the dark ffs! |
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Posted 17th Apr 2014 at 01:31
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