omega 24 v6
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posted on 27/11/10 at 12:17 PM |
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Ford fiesta urgent answer neede
On a fiesta 06 plate does the bottom ball joint on the strut wishbone just knock out?? or have ford in their shite wisdom made it screw in and then
put a nut on it??
up to my backside in snow and water trtying to fit a coil spring and I can't even get the thing to bits yet Argh
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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britishtrident
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posted on 27/11/10 at 12:48 PM |
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Early Foosties used a pinch bolt --- remove the pinch bolt -- knock a scredriver into the the split in the bottom of thre strut to spread it
and the ball joint pin pops out when you hit or lever the wishbone.
Only other way ball joints are loacated is a taper and nut --- for those you usually need a ball joint splitter --- simple forked wedge splitters
are easiest and quickest but damaged the rubber gaitor.
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Peteff
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posted on 27/11/10 at 01:16 PM |
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Last one I did was a straight pin with a groove in it. You had to remove the bolt to get the arm down to remove it. Get a bar and wedge it over the
wishbone and under the body, someone to stand on it to force wishbone down then pull the bottom of the strut out.
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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omega 24 v6
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posted on 27/11/10 at 02:10 PM |
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got it
just corrosion it knocks out.
driveshaft nuts a bit of a barsteward as well
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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