help translating m.o.t. paper please

Lum

Funny I've never seen an ARB that has threads and a nut on it before.

s.soul

Lum wrote: »

Funny I've never seen an ARB that has threads and a nut on it before.

That's called a bolt.

Lum

So not an ARB then :P

s.soul

Lum wrote: »

So not an ARB then :P

Depends how trivial you want to be.


The bolt runs through a bush connected to an anti-roll bar. The bolt does not run through a bush connected to a drop link.

That clearer for you?

Weird_Nev

Jaysus wept! Can we focus on the OP's problem rather than bickering?

OP - That drop link looks a bit 'metal on metal' for my liking, and it's obviously failed the MOT on it. I don't have specific knowledge of the Daihatsu, but it's similar to most other suspension designs: The drop link just connects the anti roll bar, which runs across the car to the suspension arms. Bushes are just rubber bungs that prevent metal on metal contact ,and allow some freedom of movement. Just tightening that nut up would be a bad idea.

Not to worry, 'drop links' are available on ebay

s.soul

Weird_Nev wrote: »

Jaysus wept! Can we focus on the OP's problem rather than bickering?

If as you say, we should focus on the OP's problem, then a good start would be using the correct terminology.

Weird_Nev

Nope. This was just bickering between people trying to score points.

We're all talking about the same component in the car, and the answer is the same:
It needs replacing.
They're cheap.
it's a trivial job for any home mechanic.

s.soul

Weird_Nev wrote: »

Nope. This was just bickering between people trying to score points.

We're all talking about the same component in the car, and the answer is the same:
It needs replacing.
They're cheap.
it's a trivial job for any home mechanic.

Nope. It was pointing out that what had been photographed was not and is not a drop link, regardless of whether we are all talking about the same component or not. Calling it a drop link when it is not a drop link is akin to calling the wheel a tow ball. They're completely different things. The OP wanted to know what to ask for. Telling her to go ask for drop links is going to result in her getting two lengths of metal with ball joints on either end. Neither of which will get her 4x4 through the MOT.

The only part that needs replacing is the bushes on the anti roll bar. Funnily enough, it was Lum who stated that fact in the second post of this thread.

mikey72

Depends on how many bushes are missing.
You're assuming a drop link has to have a joint at the top and bottom.
It can be a solid bolt, (look at the link by sb) with bushes at the top, solid spacer, bushes on the arb at the bottom.

Like the jag one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ANTI-ROLL-BAR-DROP-LINK-FITS-XJS-XJ6-XJ12-/110586322171

It looks like it's completely shot, and the drop link (bolt) is all that's left.
It may not even be the original bolt, just something someone put in at some stage to bodge it.

vaio

what we really need is a picture of the other side