Replacing a wishbone

Jackinbox99

no-oneknowsme wrote: »

Ok , thanks to everyone who took the time to reply.

My friend has just been on the phone to me . She left her car in at 7.30am this morning and has just been to pick it up , the repair has been done , car is going a treat and she happily paid the £70.

However , although the mechanic told her yesterday that the car needed a new drivers side wishbone , when she picked it up today and read the receipt it says he fitted a new front suspension arm....

Is this the same thing but just called a different name ? Sorry

Same thing, different name. wishbone goes from the front chasis to the bottom of the front suspension.

If your friend looks under the wheel arch they should be able to see a nice shiny black piece which is the new bit fitted - it will go from the bottom of the front shock, behind the wheel, to under the car. It should stand out a mile as it will be nice shiny and clean compared to the rest of the car!

no-oneknowsme

Jackinbox99 wrote: »

Same thing, different name. wishbone goes from the front chasis to the bottom of the front suspension.

If your friend looks under the wheel arch they should be able to see a nice shiny black piece which is the new bit fitted - it will go from the bottom of the front shock, behind the wheel, to under the car. It should stand out a mile as it will be nice shiny and clean compared to the rest of the car!

Thanks jackinbox99 - i relayed your message to her and she looked and can see the new part !

All sorted then .

Thanks again to all who offered advice.

Jackinbox99

One thing I would say is that if she has replaced one side, the other side will more than likely also need replacing! So keep an eye on it.

Hammyman

C_Mababejive wrote: »

Sounds way too cheap to me..hopefully he wont rip her off/do a crap job.

Its a wishbone and at most is two nuts and a couple of bolts. They're really hard to do wrong.

hubert_cumberdale

probably 4 bolts max i would imagine 2 on the pivots and two on ball joint

only about a 15 minute job but £30 sounds pretty good to me

RishiC

Excellent price! Cant go wrong.

mikey72

hubert_cumberdale wrote: »

probably 4 bolts max i would imagine 2 on the pivots and two on ball joint

only about a 15 minute job but £30 sounds pretty good to me

15 mins, you can come round and do mine for 15 mins labour.

Takes me that long to jack it up and get the wheel off, and
then get it on the axle stands out of the garage, let alone try to split the balljoint, then the rest of it.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

rock on good saving!

no-oneknowsme

Jackinbox99 wrote: »

One thing I would say is that if she has replaced one side, the other side will more than likely also need replacing! So keep an eye on it.

The other side was done just a few months ago....her boyfriend (now ex) paid the garage bill on that occasion so she doesnt know how much he paid.

Stigy

Hammyman wrote: »

Its a wishbone and at most is two nuts and a couple of bolts. They're really hard to do wrong.

Hard to do wrong, but cracking the ball joint can prove difficult sometimes, even with the correct tool! :beer: