Drop Links Fitting Front

[shasbat3]

Well Jules, they certainly weren't the cheapest so I hope they last a while. Time will tell.

[Jules]

Hey Arctic

Surprised you haven't got spring guards fitted !!

[Rev Jules]

Originally Posted by Jules

Hopefully you fitted a decent brand rather than cheapest ?
Otherwise you will be changing them again in a few months

Hi Jules.
In your considered opinion which brands are the best.

Rev

[stocktake]

Originally Posted by klarzy.com

50% good tools, 30% technique and 20% plain luck they are not corroded or rung off...

100% angle grinder under the top bracket at the first sign of resistance, 10 seconds and they are history

[Arctic]

Jules got them fitted in the end, please look out for PM with regards to a condenser sometime soon

[DMGRS]

You make it look so easy, mine were a pain in the backside to fit.
Threads didn't want to take at all on the RH side!

[Arctic]

The above quote turned out to be true for me only a week or so ago, a new owner whom bought an MGZT of a member needed his changed, what a nightmare they turned out to be changing.

Got them done in the end though and hopefully the new ones will last, used them before on my sons car a couple of nano members and seem to be wearing well so far.

[stevenicks]

Excellent thread Steve

Thanks

[EastPete]

Originally Posted by Arctic

The above quote turned out to be true for me only a week or so ago, a new owner whom bought an MGZT of a member needed his changed, what a nightmare they turned out to be changing.

Got them done in the end though and hopefully the new ones will last, used them before on my sons car a couple of nano members and seem to be wearing well so far.

Steve

What were the problems you had with this ? I changed mine last week - the bottom nuts came off no problem, but the top nuts were so hard to shift (they started to move, but then seized up again) that I ended up cutting the links off with an air saw on one side, and an angle grinder on the other. I was using a ground down 15mm spanner to hold the top nut (a flare brake pipe spanner also works well for this).

Pete

[Arctic]

Hi Pete.
Most the same top nut seized as it works up the thread, didn't help though that the car had the tyre protectors fitted well at least on one side, also two different links fitted so nuts were different size also one 17mm other 15mm slow process but got there in the end, some I have changed in about 20 minutes.

I have just ordered a couple of sets of these below.
http://www.mister-auto.co.uk/en/anti...089TC1025.html X 2

http://www.mister-auto.co.uk/en/anti...O-LS-1986.html X 2

http://www.mister-auto.co.uk/en/anti...O-LS-1984.html X 1

http://www.mister-auto.co.uk/en/anti...O-LS-1985.html X 1