britishtrident
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| posted on 9/2/12 at 02:42 PM |
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Beware Poor Quailty Tintop Suspension Parts
It looks older because it is cover in road mank from local pit bing but this is less 6 months old the ball joint jumped out at one end
rubber gaiter failed at other.
I am getting fed up with after-market replacement suspension parts from a major international brand (not QH) failing in a year or less of
normal use.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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tegwin
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| posted on 9/2/12 at 03:07 PM |
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Not just pattern parts...
I had a pair of front wishbone bushes from VW that failed within 12 months..... Apparently they had a bad batch..... Bit worrying really!
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Hugh_
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| posted on 9/2/12 at 03:36 PM |
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Yep I just did a complete overhaul of the front suspension on the Volvo, much of which had only been down 30k mls earlier 
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britishtrident
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| posted on 9/2/12 at 03:46 PM |
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I have seen a lot recently --- wishbones, links and track-od ends.
The trackrod ends were either Delphi brand or very close rip-off copies, they were stamped Delphi on the bottom of the ball joint cup , the
rubbers had disintegrated and allowed dirt into the rod end.
I think the ARB links may also have been Delphi but they are not marked as such.
The quality of replacement void bushes have been a problem for a while.
[Edited on 9/2/12 by britishtrident]
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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PSpirine
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| posted on 9/2/12 at 05:39 PM |
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Try to get actual genuine parts if at all possible.
You can get cars on 100k with original suspension bushes which are in better nick than replaced aftermarket ones after 10k. To give you an idea, our
1999 Yaris is still on the original bushes including ARB, and it's on 150k miles, without a single knock etc. My passat however is rapidly
becoming very wooly but it is on 200k+ miles.
A tip for VAG cars is if you go for Lemforder for most of them, they will actually be the exact same parts as VAG use (you can tell because the VAG
part number + logo is actually just ground off the casting).
Ironically, Delphi supply OEMs for a number of components so I don't really know why their service parts have such a bad reputation...
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Peteff
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| posted on 9/2/12 at 06:03 PM |
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A friend of mine does airport runs in a Seat Alhambra and the anti roll bar drop link bush failed on one side at 170,000 miles so he decided to do
both sides. Less than 20,000 miles later they both needed doing again so he took them back and complained and got a new set free but still had to fit
them again.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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ajw
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| posted on 9/2/12 at 07:22 PM |
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Little experts in china can copy but use rubbish steel. How about using a set of bottom adjustable arms on a ford front strut per rally supplied by a
well known "rally design"er in kent . U gets what u pays for, cheap is cheap!
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Stott
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| posted on 9/2/12 at 07:38 PM |
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I put QH drop links on the fabia and the gaiters split in 4 months, had a new set under warranty, split in 6 months and failed so I left them knock
for a year couldn't be arsed to change them again.
Ended up with VAG ones at £57 a pair trade as opposed to £18 a pair from the factors, still fine 2 years on.
Pattern drop links are not worth the box they come in as far as I'm concerned.
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