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[ajtom94]

okay so noticed my beack left hand wheel was sitting a lot closer to the arech than it should be
also my back ends tileted to that one side
wheel still has its geometary and aint making any wierd noises

so guessing its just a rubber cone gone?

back end


right hand side


left hand side

[sonikk4]

Try your radius arm pin to see if that has worn through the bearings. And yes it could be the cone or even a broken knuckle on the trumpet.

[ajtom94]

Try your radius arm pin to see if that has worn through the bearings. And yes it could be the cone or even a broken knuckle on the trumpet.

Surely that would throw my tracking out though? and be causing some noise?

[sonikk4]

The worn radius pin and bearing will make the car feel unstable at the back and wont make any noise. The wear on the radius arm on my wife's car was quite extreme and had worn through the bearing and into the arm itself. It did look low on that side as well and the handling was awful.

Do check the trumpet and the cone to make sure that is not broken or the cone badly compressed from wear and tear.

[ajtom94]

the handling hasnt been affected, but im off to go get it looked at thanks for the help :) i'll keep this thread updated once i here more

[ajtom94]

my mate nige took a look at it adn he said that its nothing to be worried about but im going to replace knuckle joints rubber cones and put hi lo's all the way around

[ajtom94]

just ordered HILO's for the car, burning a whole in my 'incase of an emergency' account... will be down to £100 in there now :/

[ajtom94]

so my HILO's arrived today
heres a list of what im goign to attempt to get done throughout the next week
- genuine hilo front and back
- earth strap replacing
- steady bar bush kit (c-str630)
- solid alloy top mounts (C-STR640)
- front subframe teardrop mount non-gen ( 21A2624MS)
- front subframe rear mount non gen (21A2599MS)
- ball joints on front wheels
- replacing the duct covers on both front discs

[ajtom94]

basically my cones gone... i dont have enough money to replace it and i dont have enough posts on here to put it in the wanted section.... so im screwed

******* tmf

[SA MINI]

Sign up for Tmf plus ?

You will be able to use the wanted section then
& save money from mini spares

Edited by SA MINI, 18 July 2012 - 05:27 PM.

[ajtom94]

i have £40 to my name until the end of the month... im 17 you see

i would spend that £5 but at the end of the day thats 12.5gram of baccy and rizla or petrol to me!

[mike174]

i have £40 to my name until the end of the month... im 17 you see

i would spend that £5 but at the end of the day thats 12.5gram of baccy and rizla or petrol to me!

Dont you need to be 18 to buy tobacco?

[ajtom94]

the age limit to smoke is 16 in the uk - age limit to buy is 18

But thats beside the point

Edited by ajtom94, 18 July 2012 - 06:13 PM.

[ajtom94]

got it sorted... well the left hand that is - need to get the other side on next