Wishbone Worn ?

[buster205 0]

hi all

 

i've got a clunking noise going over bumps on passenger side, jacked wheel up and held at 3 and 9 o'clock and theres quite a lot of movement looks like wishbone ball joint, doesn't seem to be much up and down movement in ball/socket though, no movement in wheel when held at top and bottom so i'm presuming wheel bearing is ok ? any ideas

 

cheers

 

Ste

[nick 3]

Checked mine this morning, just the same, mine is definitely wishbone.

 

Nick

[buster205 0]

Checked mine this morning, just the same, mine is definitely wishbone.

 

Nick

 

yeah i was convinced it would be wishbone but having read a few posts mentioning ovalled hub carriers and wrong type of pinch bolt i'm not so sure, looking underneath whilst doing sump today i noticed p/side pinch bolt as much more thread protruding compared with drivers side, that is the first thing i'll check

 

cheers

 

Ste

[bouver 0]

Sometimes when you jack a car up the play dissapears. When you have a few hundred kilograms of engine and car resting on it going round a corner te problem is definately there!

Check everything is tight, and have a good look at the bushes in your 'bones.

[buster205 0]

Sometimes when you jack a car up the play dissapears. When you have a few hundred kilograms of engine and car resting on it going round a corner te problem is definately there!

Check everything is tight, and have a good look at the bushes in your 'bones.

 

yeah i will tomorrow, gonna change wishbone i think and also get the bolt kit from autofive (although a bit steep at £11.50 for 3 bolts)

 

cheers

 

Ste

[nick 3]

Don't bother with the bolt kit, buy a bush kit from Peugeot which has four bushes and all the nut bolts and washers in (enough to do both wishbones) for about £17. You DEFINITELY need to put the Pug bushes in as the aftermarket ones will fail in a matter of months if not weeks. The Pug bushes will outlast the balljoint.

 

Do a search on how to remove the old bushes and for the part number of the bush kit.

 

Nick

[buster205 0]

Don't bother with the bolt kit, buy a bush kit from Peugeot which has four bushes and all the nut bolts and washers in (enough to do both wishbones) for about £17. You DEFINITELY need to put the Pug bushes in as the aftermarket ones will fail in a matter of months if not weeks. The Pug bushes will outlast the balljoint.

 

Do a search on how to remove the old bushes and for the part number of the bush kit.

 

Nick

 

nice one ! didn't know the bushes are so poor on pattern wishbones, £17 is well cheap, i was told £10 per side plus vat just for the bolts, i'll order them tomorrow !

 

cheers nick

 

Ste

[stutto 0]

From another post:

 

3599.07 is the fitting kit part number.

 

Was looking myself as I have had pattern wishbones on for a while now.

[Bonzai 2]

surely if you just undo the pinchbolt and drop the w/bone down from the hub youd know straight away if it was the balljoint rather than just guessing

[nick 3]

Don't really need to that. I just lay under the front and moved the wheel about, easy to spot where the movement is.

 

Nick

[buster205 0]

surely if you just undo the pinchbolt and drop the w/bone down from the hub youd know straight away if it was the balljoint rather than just guessing

 

i think you are right ! i tried the method of moving the wheel about whilst jacked up and it's hard to distinguish if ball/socket as movement or if movement is in hub carrier/ball joint shank

 

Ste