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Old 07-09-2005   #1
 
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Can anyone kindly tell me what a Drop link is?
I have had rattles from the front so took it to the dreaded dealer who have replaced the drop link!

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Re: Anyone tell me what a??????is

Its a bar that goes from the (dont quote me on this) shock to the suspension arm..........or somewhere round there, i had to change mine when the company who were meant to do my lowering messed them up
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Re: Anyone tell me what a??????is

The bit the red arrow points to
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Re: Anyone tell me what a??????is

Most car these days have an anti roll bar which connects the two front wheel assemblies together via a long bar which stretches from one side of the car to the other. At each end of the roll bar, where it attaches to the wheel mounting is a coupling, usually a typical rubber inserted mount. That's the drop link. Often you just need to replace the rubbers and securing bolt which make up the link all provided in a kit
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Re: Anyone tell me what a??????is

And the bottom nut is a bugger to get off,you'll see what I mean
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Re: Anyone tell me what a??????is

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And the bottom nut is a bugger to get off,you'll see what I mean
Yeah thats what the people who were supposed to lower my car had trouble with, stripped the thread, then gave it back to me saying they couldnt do it unless i bought new drop links for them to fit (neglected to tell me they'd already messed it up)
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