172 Ball Joint

[D1CKY]

Just been reading this thread

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?p=3708676#post3708676

Is it true that if the ball joint on a 172 goes you cant just buy the ball joint on its own ? :S

And you need the whole trak rod (i think it is)

 

[Fred@BTM]

you have to buy the entire lower wishbone (at £70 a go)

 

[Djw John]

Why not just ask in that thread? :S But yes it is true, been there before with my old 172

 

[SBV116]

you have to buy the entire lower wishbone (at £70 a go)

Can you not buy then non genuine? never tried like!

 

[Fred@BTM]

only for non RS, RS is dealer only

 

[shoulders]

so if i want to change balljoint, got power flex bushes in my wishbones, have to take power flex bushes out and re locate in new wishbone,??

 

[SBV116]

so if i want to change balljoint, got power flex bushes in my wishbones, have to take power flex bushes out and re locate in new wishbone,??

Sounds like it, how toss is that!

 

[shoulders]

not very good thinking by renault eh,

 

[Djw John]

not very good thinking by renault eh,

Wrong, brillant thinking by them, they make more money!

 

[bmh.01]

Local factors can get QH track rod ends for the RS, think they were £7 a chuck last time. And they're deffo the RS ones.

 

[Hollister]

so if i want to change balljoint, got power flex bushes in my wishbones, have to take power flex bushes out and re locate in new wishbone,??

you could use the new ball joint on the old wishbone

 

[D1CKY]

Cheers guys i thought i'd get slaughtered by him

Shame it wasn't a cup i had, but i like my leather, a/c etc too much

Unless i can loose weight from my 172 FF without going to the extremes of loosing rear seats etc

 

[D1CKY]

OOps,

Sorry guys this was meant for my G40 thread

Lo l

 

[D1CKY]

you have to buy the entire lower wishbone (at £70 a go)

Trust Renault to be ackward and make a buck or two by making it so you have to replace whole wishbone

 

[D1CKY]

Local factors can get QH track rod ends for the RS, think they were £7 a chuck last time. And they're deffo the RS ones.

Would the be the same as 2.0litre maggies, laguna's etc

Or diff ?

 

[D1CKY]

old bump

 

[edde]

The rs one ins't a unique part its just renault don't sell them seperate its good practice to change the whole arm anyway.

 

[D1CKY]

The rs one ins't a unique part its just renault don't sell them seperate its good practice to change the whole arm anyway.

All righty

Cheers