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bottom ball joint

Post by pyro » 23 May 2009 01:58 pm

good day all, started on her this morning, got the arb link off easy enough, though its fooked. im looking for a new bottom ball joint, the one under the strut. pages dont have a clue, and the other one in town says 'its too old for us'

ideas what to call them/where to get them other than ebay,

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Post by magnumpi » 23 May 2009 03:25 pm

I was going to say Ebay, but you says no. I've been looking recently, they seem cheap enough on there if you can't get them anywhere else.
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Post by volvosneverdie » 23 May 2009 03:44 pm

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Post by pyro » 23 May 2009 04:01 pm

ive no objection to ebay, i just dont know the make or what they are like. 'firstline' or somthing liek that.

i did that jsut for you vnd!!

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Post by Ride_on » 26 May 2009 06:03 pm

They don't generally wear, but can be accident damaged, one from a scrap yard should be fine provided its straight and the rubber intact. I probably have some spare in my parts bin.
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Post by pistonpen paultje » 27 May 2009 12:35 pm

Ride_on wrote:They don't generally wear, but can be accident damaged, one from a scrap yard should be fine provided its straight and the rubber intact. I probably have some spare in my parts bin.
They do wear...! Why use used stuff if you can get new from Ebay for a few quid?
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Post by 340GLT » 27 May 2009 12:49 pm

Quentin Hazel do one and so do firstline from memory. Try a factors that stocks those brands.
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Post by SteveP » 27 May 2009 02:45 pm

I think I might have a pair of bottom ball joints brand new, not Volvo though - but doubt you can get them from them anyway :lol:

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Post by pyro » 27 May 2009 04:49 pm

managed to get pages to understand what i meant by bringing one in, 8.50+vat each.

the old ones were a reet biatch to get off!

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Post by Ride_on » 27 May 2009 11:07 pm

pistonpen paultje wrote:
Ride_on wrote:They don't generally wear, but can be accident damaged, one from a scrap yard should be fine provided its straight and the rubber intact. I probably have some spare in my parts bin.
They do wear...! Why use used stuff if you can get new from Ebay for a few quid?
Because they are not as good as the OE spec parts, ebay is full of rubbish. I've been driving (hard) 340/360s since the early eighties, never worn out one yet (nor track rod ends). I would propose that the only ones that wear out are aftermarket ones replaced after accident damage.
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Post by volvodspec » 27 May 2009 11:20 pm

nope, those aftermarket pieces are just as good, maybe even better than the shit volvo originally re-labeled for sell with a volvo logo on it..

if you don't wear the track rod ends, steering joints, bottom ball joints, wheel bearings etc you simply have to try harder.

every time you steer, the bottom ball joint moves along so they do simply wear, even in normal use.

accident damage isn't a factor either, but inproper alignment of the front suspension IS a big factor!!

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Post by Fuse » 29 May 2009 10:39 am

Not ALL the aftermarket parts are good as OEM, for example cheap italian made steering joints are usually total garbage.

I had cheap italian made ball joints for one year and those didn't last one Finnish winter. When I checked the ball joints at the next summer, the rubber on both was totally cracked and joints were busted. Of course I should've listened because everyone here told me not to buy cheap italian steering joints because those usually don't last more than a year in here but I wanted to try.. :D

If I remember correctly Volvo OEM ball joints are made by TRW which is probably the best manufacturer of steering joints there is so there is a quality difference between the parts..
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Post by Ride_on » 18 Jun 2009 10:12 pm

Myself and a mate drove several 340/360s very very hard for at least 15 years in the 90s+00s (we are now in our 40s). OK we didn't do any power upgrades, but we did shock and wheel/tyre upgrades, cornering is much more fun than high power. I bent several rear axles into a dangerous state due to excessive toe-in, also knackered a number of strut top spring plates (bent+split the bearing seat). I am now looking at axle straightening and strengthening. Anyway no problems in any cars with worn susp ball joints, and my last 360, which I am restoring, did 200K miles.

Of course they wear, but a well designed one will not wear out in any reasonable period. I'd say >20 years anyway. The biggest problem I have noticed is with plastic based ball joints in the 87ish on 360 strut anti-roll linkage, now they do wear. Also my partners 97 323i wore out a lower ball joint after 80K (mot failed), again plastic based, very common problem sometimes within 30K, steel ones now available.
1980 345 DL_______1987 360 GLE (project car restored to GLT spec and B230FT'd)
1984 360 GLT______1987 360 GLT
1983 360 GLS______1989 360 GLE
1985 340 GL_______1986 340 1.4
1985 360 GLS______1995 940 SE 2.3 Turbo Estate (daily)
1987 340 GL 1.7

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