ball joint

mainsy · Post by **mainsy** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:05 pm

got my car back from mot test center passed

but needs a new left hand side ball joint. is it just a ball joint i order or does it come with other gubbings attached.
im utterly clueless

oh and where is the best place to get it from?

tut · Post by **tut** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:08 pm

Just the ball joint.

Avoid eBay, there are inferior ones around, so Geary at http://www.eliseparts.com is still probably the best bet.

tut

mainsy · Post by **mainsy** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:18 pm

cheers tut. i will order right now.

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:51 pm

think Ali has these in stock if you need asap

r10crw · Post by **r10crw** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:49 pm

If you intend to do it yourself you will also need the tool for pressing the joints into the wishbones (its really easy), cheers Craig.

mainsy · Post by **mainsy** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:55 pm

Andy G wrote:think Ali has these in stock if you need asap

never thought of ali, got one coming from eliseparts.

r10crw wrote:If you intend to do it yourself you will also need the tool for pressing the joints into the wishbones (its really easy), cheers Craig.

not really mechanically minded, gonna get the local garage to do it.

Scottish Elises