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« on: February 28, 2007, 18:38:14 »
any advice on replacing the rear anti roll bar ball joint on my disco please guys

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« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2007, 18:41:40 »
Take em off and leave em off!

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« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2007, 19:21:36 »
You might find the thread on the big nut/bolt has seized.  These are not super-cheap to replce but I did on mine.  the other probelm is that the balljoint taper can be hard to move, just like any balljoint.
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« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2007, 19:55:15 »
they are alright, don't buy the cheapie joints, you can get delphi ones for about £14 each... you need to buy bushes aswell, and a vice might be handy for pushing the new bushes into the joint...

its a fairly straight forward job though...
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« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2007, 20:07:21 »
Were your bushes not split in half then, or are we talking about different things?
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« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2007, 20:36:15 »
I've just done mine on my '97 300Tdi. Dead easy job if you have a ball joint splitter.
Buy new bolts (M14), nuts and rubbers 'cos the nuts [!Expletive Deleted!] the threads on the bolts when you wind 'em off. My bolts cost about 5GBP each complete with nuts.
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« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2007, 20:41:54 »
thanks for the advice guys,i replaced it today,not long finished,havin a well deserved beer now

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« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2007, 01:28:41 »
Quote from: "Boomer"
I've just done mine on my '97 300Tdi. Dead easy job if you have a ball joint splitter.
Buy new bolts (M14), nuts and rubbers 'cos the nuts !Expletive Deleted! the threads on the bolts when you wind 'em off. My bolts cost about 5GBP each complete with nuts.
Good luck.


Yours must have different parts 'cos mine needed a special stepped bolt :roll:

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