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Originally Posted by mss
This does raise the question of what factors are at play with our cars' suspensions and the whether non-genuine components may be in circulation.
Mine just do not experience the failures that others seem to experience with these components. Admittedly, my car had all the key suspension components replaced a few years ago.
I am not suggesting anything, just thinking aloud!  |
Drop links fail when fitted incorrectly, as well as when poor quality ones are fitted.
I've fitted the cheapest of the cheap, with a dollop of grease worked into the joint prior to them being mounted on the car.
Same ones are there five years and many many thousands of miles later.
I was speaking earlier in the week to someone who'd had Delphi drop links fitted earlier this year, yes that's this year.
And they were knackered as a result of the small end of the boot being displaced by the spanner holding the flats of the ball joint while the nut was being fastened up.
How many "failed" drop links are as a result of similar incorrect fitting technique I wonder
Brian
