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worn wishbone ball joints again
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:50 pm
by monkey
wot are the best ball joints to use ? last year i replaced all of my ball joints . i now have one worn out again i used quinton hazell joints and don't think they have done much more than 20k . is it normal or are QH no good , if so wot makes are recommended ? TIA
Re: worn wishbone ball joints again
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:30 pm
by Chris
GSF do Lemforder ones as there 'better quality' option.
Supposed to be OEM for BMW
Chris
Re: worn wishbone ball joints again
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:52 pm
by pac1982
Chris wrote:GSF do Lemforder ones as there 'better quality' option.
Supposed to be OEM for BMW
Chris
Lemforder seem pretty good, i've got alot of there bits on my E30 and they seem to be holding out quite well,
Lemforder make OE bits for saab so they must be pretty good seeing as saabs seem to last forever
Re: worn wishbone ball joints again
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:01 pm
by monkey
sweet i will give Lemforder a go on the e30 then . i have just finished fitting a pair of Lemforder joints to Her e36 this evening hope they last well as i can't be arsed with working on it too much .
Re: worn wishbone ball joints again
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:24 pm
by clipper
Lemforder also make OEM BMW parts. Not sure about ball joints though.
Re: worn wishbone ball joints again
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:18 pm
by town325i
monkey wrote:sweet i will give Lemforder a go on the e30 then . i have just finished fitting a pair of Lemforder joints to Her e36 this evening hope they last well as i can't be arsed with working on it too much .
I hope you used the e30 ones then as the e36 ones are shite the have a plastic cup around the ball joint and that breaks away and causes the ball joint to knock. That is an upgrade for an e36 using e30 parts
Re: worn wishbone ball joints again
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:34 pm
by monkey
town325i wrote:monkey wrote:sweet i will give Lemforder a go on the e30 then . i have just finished fitting a pair of Lemforder joints to Her e36 this evening hope they last well as i can't be arsed with working on it too much .
I hope you used the e30 ones then as the e36 ones are shite the have a plastic cup around the ball joint and that breaks away and causes the ball joint to knock. That is an upgrade for an e36 using e30 parts
i didn't think that e30 joints would fit an e36 wishbone . i fitted e30 arms to our last e36 , i thought they worked well but she tells me that the car didn't feel as good on the carriageway
Re: worn wishbone ball joints again
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:47 am
by town325i
That means something else is worn ive had no trouble with the E30 bit on my missus compact