Valver track rod ball joints

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greendale65
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Valver track rod ball joints

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Hello all, Car going in for mot tomorrow got a feeling
may need track rod end ball joints are these
gettable.
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Re: Valver track rod ball joints

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My local motor factors had nothing for the 1.9d when i checked, dont know if the 16v is different, will check tomorrow (if i remember)
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All the same on bx's should be obtainable from a motor factor no prob, plenty on ebay but go for the better quality if you can cheap ones are crap should be £10-15 a side.
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Post by Kitch »

Track rod ends....some factors can't get them anymore. They're getting thin on the ground. I got mine from GSF, but go careful and measure them against the old ones - some are over size in length, meaning you can't set the tracking properly.
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Had this prob with them being about 1/2 inch too long, these were Unipart items, i found the internal threads were not deep enough and ended up with too much toe in both sides even after winding them all the way home. Got some more from Barry at Bourne which did the job nicely think they were Q&H.
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