My 5's all in bits at the moment, engine is out subframe is off etc etc...
While everything is out and apart I thought I'd give it all a damn good clean and get rid of any rust while it's easily accessible.
I took all rack and anti roll bar off the subframe and I wanted to remove the wishbones as well (the LH cv gaitor went on it once so the wishbone & surrounding area were well caked in shite), anyway when I undid the nuts to the 2 bolts that attach it to the subframe and turned one, it resists bigtime in the rubber bush and won't come it.
On top of that, that wishbone has lost it's spring and gone all floppy :roll:
The Haynes comic says just simply undo the nuts, remove the bolts and withdraw the wishbone! What do I do just give the bolts a damn good belt with a hammer? Has it gone floppy like that becuase I've left one of the bolts loose, I haven't tried doing it back up to see if the spring would be restored in the bushes or not.
Also I read a post by Neal mentioning buypartsby.com, and checked them out . How can they sell a complete new wishbone with balljoint for only £7.21 odd when there's people on ebay flogging balljoints alone for more?!!
Might just pay me to buy a new pair and save derusting the old shitters?:?
While everything is out and apart I thought I'd give it all a damn good clean and get rid of any rust while it's easily accessible.
I took all rack and anti roll bar off the subframe and I wanted to remove the wishbones as well (the LH cv gaitor went on it once so the wishbone & surrounding area were well caked in shite), anyway when I undid the nuts to the 2 bolts that attach it to the subframe and turned one, it resists bigtime in the rubber bush and won't come it.
On top of that, that wishbone has lost it's spring and gone all floppy :roll:
The Haynes comic says just simply undo the nuts, remove the bolts and withdraw the wishbone! What do I do just give the bolts a damn good belt with a hammer? Has it gone floppy like that becuase I've left one of the bolts loose, I haven't tried doing it back up to see if the spring would be restored in the bushes or not.
Also I read a post by Neal mentioning buypartsby.com, and checked them out . How can they sell a complete new wishbone with balljoint for only £7.21 odd when there's people on ebay flogging balljoints alone for more?!!
Might just pay me to buy a new pair and save derusting the old shitters?:?