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Old 11th September 2021, 15:21   #4
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Originally Posted by super chip View Post
Hope you managed to get it done. Arctic has a very helpfully How to. And cutting that bit off the top thread has saved me so much time over the years, as we all know how these cars seem to get through them. I did one this morning. 2x17 mm spanner’s plus 10 mm and 8 mm socket to remove spring protector. All the best Chris
thank you, yes new drop links now fitted. I only had to remove the offside spring protector due to the nut of the ball joint being in the wrong place.
My nuts were 15mm but the nuts on the replacement drop links are 17mm.

5 minute job I told the wife, 16 years of weather and the top nuts were a nightmare to remove, 5 or 6 hours it has taken. This included cutting some thread off the new drop links and grinding an old spanner to fit the wafer thin nuts on the new drop link ball joint and realising that I had to lift both wheels clear of the ground before I can remove a drop link

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