Help! Rotted 2.0 V6 rear offside wishbone needed

[Fifer]

Help! I took the car in for a check on a leaking exhaust this morning, it's the bit of the front downpipe with the cat!

The mechanic found that the offside rear wishbone (rear suspension arm) is rotted and needs replacing ASAP. Does anyone have a solid unit for a 2002 Connie 2.0 V6 that I can buy? I'm without wheels at the moment now.

This is a car that was MoT's seven months ago.




I may have found a good spare. Fingers crossed.

Thanks,
Jim

[X10Rich]

HI there

DMGRS have these in stock:-

http://www.dmgrs.co.uk/collections/s...-and-rgg104972

[DMGRS]

Originally Posted by X10Rich

HI there

DMGRS have these in stock:-

http://www.dmgrs.co.uk/collections/s...-and-rgg104972

Yep - I have plenty brand new and ready to go here.
Can have it there in 48 hours.

[Fifer]

Yep - I have plenty brand new and ready to go here.
Can have it there in 48 hours.

Thanks guys, but the garage have apparently got one sourced for tomorrow.

I'll print the page with the suspension arms and give it to the boss. He said that they do almost all the Rovers in the area and always have trouble sourcing these arms. Good price too.

Thanks again,
Jim

[breakfastinsmethwick]

No way would I consider a weld repair on a component like that - glad you are now sorted.

[doopydug]

We have done two in the past fortnight - seems to be getting a hold now

[Fifer]

No way would I consider a weld repair on a component like that - glad you are now sorted.

I have to admit that in all the years I've been driving I have not seen a suspension part welded.

I often have the grandchildren in the car so was horrified to see the state of that arm.The guy I got it from did not actual lie about the condition of the car, but he carefuly glossed over the faults. "His mechanic", who was "the best mechanic that he had ever met", said that the car was solid in and out, but now I know better. I did wonder why he (mechanic) wouldn't give me a business card or even his number! The seller did not inform the DVLA about the transfer and I had to get in touch with them myself to get the V5. All the handbooks and service records that were going to be sent to me never appeared either.

We have done two in the past fortnight - seems to be getting a hold now

Strangely the nearside one is good.

I've called him the seller, as I would not insult the genuine traders by including him under that title.

The work being done at the moment is not going to be cheap, but the car does look pretty good underneath, apart from the suspension arm and some bushes up front that had collapsed. All is not lost, and hopefully I'll have a good car at the end of this.

Jim