A bit of a ball breaker ?

[F Body]

Time to change a track rod end ball joint on the Panda, it's been knocking like a woodpecker



Got my ball joint splitter ready :



Also as a back up, I got my 30 year old trusty fork splitter out :



The old one came off no problem with just a gentle tap of the hammer, because I sprayed the joints with WD40 last night



The new one on, not too worried about the tracking because all the tyres are due for replacement, so I'll have the tracking done at the same time




Whilst looking in the bottom of my large toolbox for the splitter, I came across my mini anvil

I've never ever used it and the only reason i bought it years ago is because it's cute



Totally time = 20 minutes and cost £14.87

[Andy]

Wylie Coyote lives in your toolbox.

Nice work on the track rod ends. Did you roughly measure how many turns off of the old ones?

[F Body]

Quoting: Andy

Nice work on the track rod ends. Did you roughly measure how many turns off of the old ones?

Loosened the nut enough to release the track rod end and just screwed the new one up to  the same place

Management has just given it a thrashing to Asda, over all the speed bumps and says it's a lot quieter and the steering seems more direct

Gotta scout round for a set of four new tyres 175x= 65 R14

The second set of Hankook's were only £26 each fitted, the last set of Marshall's nearly 25k miles ago had gone up to £38 each plus fitting

Looking the other week it was looking around £50 a corner

[Roadkill]

Quoting: Andy

Wylie Coyote lives in your toolbox.

That made the thread worth viewing !