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Old 17th January 2021, 11:14   #31
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Try every 6 months, the cheap e-bay ones really are poop
6 years on the ZT and one failed after the boot was split by a stone

The price has gone up by £3 since I bought mine, the preparation was to unclip the boots and work a thumb of molygrease into the ball joint, and to use a pushbike cone spanner on the flats to prevent the boot being forced off when fitting.

Under normal circumstances I would recommend Meyle HD as I got a set even cheaper than the D2P ones and they are much nicer if pricier

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Old 18th January 2021, 23:00   #32
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Try every 6 months, the cheap e-bay ones really are poop
You are right . Maybe I have had mixed results over the years
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Old 21st January 2021, 23:36   #33
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Just buy a set from your local motor factors. Genuine or no does it really matter - NO.
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Old 22nd January 2021, 16:28   #34
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New droplinks arrived today from DMGRs (thanks!). Is the cutting of the threads on the top side necessary to allow a spanner over and off the nut when tightened? Or do people cut the the threads so the droplink itself fits?
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Old 22nd January 2021, 16:49   #35
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It's just to make easier access to fit the top nut.
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Old 22nd January 2021, 18:19   #36
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It's just to make easier access to fit the top nut.
Thanks, Lee. I've just ground down the edges of a spanner as suggested somewhere on here so I won't bother cutting the threads.
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Old 25th March 2022, 20:32   #37
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I hadn't seen TRW front droplinks made available for our cars, but these may potentially be better than the other aftermarket offerings to date?


I will be purchasing a set to test soon. TRW JTS1310

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/trw/152655...32f02b9dde37c3
Took me a while, but I've just received a pair of the TRW front drop links through, so this is just a my initial opinion having not fitted or tested these parts yet.

I have a Unipart component to compare it with. The TRW is slightly shorter ( approximately 3mm) from centre of bottom rose joint to base of top rose joint stud. The spanner flats on the stud are much closer to the original fitment and using a standard spanner won't push the boot off.
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Old 26th March 2022, 09:03   #38
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The spanner flats on the stud are much closer to the original fitment and using a standard spanner won't push the boot off.
Hi Ben,

Thanks for this. I'd be interested to know two things; how wide are the spanner flats in millimetres please and is the larger diameter of the boot secured with a clip (the OEM wasn't, it was specially reinforced)?

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