[southwest_dave]

hey everyone.

does anyone have any ideas on a rough price/the price i should be looking at paying for the following repairs:

:nearside front lower suspension arm rubber bush.

:offside front lower suspension arm rubber bush

:nearside macpherson strut has slight movement at upper attachment?

:offside front macpherson strut has slight movement at upper attachment.

All these were Mot advisory notes.

And i can hear a 'clunking' Noise from underneath my nearside of my 1998 ford fiesta. Which i am told is to do with the First point on advisory.

Many thanks.

[MrDanno]

New lower arms are about £25 each and the top mountings are about £15 each.

[southwest_dave]

cheers.. from a garage or scrappy? :confused:

[MrDanno]

Originally Posted by southwest_dave

cheers.. from a garage or scrappy? :confused:

New of course! No point in fitting second hand as they will be no better than what you have!

In my opinion it is best just to change the lower arms as a complete assembly rather than fitting new bushes to them.

Labour should be about 2 hours to do the lower arms and top mounts.

[southwest_dave]

Originally Posted by MrDanno

New of course! No point in fitting second hand as they will be no better than what you have!

In my opinion it is best just to change the lower arms as a complete assembly rather than fitting new bushes to them.

Labour should be about 2 hours to do the lower arms and top mounts.

and how much would a new assembly be roughly?

many thanks.

[MrDanno]

Originally Posted by southwest_dave

and how much would a new assembly be roughly?

many thanks.

As I said ~£25 each

[tommytwotanks]

ive just done my lower suspention arms on my mondeo mk2, a national fast fit comany wanted £190 to do it, a national car parts chain, supply only wanted £80 pair, and a local car parts shop wanted £39 for the pair, guess where i bought them :D

tommy :D

[MrDanno]

Originally Posted by tommytwotanks

ive just done my lower suspention arms on my mondeo mk2, a national fast fit comany wanted £190 to do it, a national car parts chain, supply only wanted £80 pair, and a local car parts shop wanted £39 for the pair, guess where i bought them :D

tommy :D

Which route did you take with the bolt in the end? Did you cut it and put it in upside down or jack up the gearbox?

[tommytwotanks]

my first go at it was to jack it up, after undoing the 3 bolts for the g/b mount, but for some reason the end of the gearbox didnt want to go past the chassis leg, so the next day i bought a new nut/bolt from ford £2.27, and did the cut the bolt trick :D

all done now, i will be re-checking the bolts at the weekend

thanks for the tip's

tommy