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17th June 2012, 13:54
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Anti Roll Bar - Ball Joint
My VTR mk2 has just failed it's MOT, not unexpectedly.
Mostly simple shit like the rear indicator bulbs were showing white where the orange paint has flaked off, and the need to adjust the parking brake.
However, it also failed on 'Nearside front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in the ball joint [2.4.G.2]', and ' Nearside front antir-roll bar joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt [2.4.G.2]'.
What exactly, do I need to sort out here? Do I need a whole new front suspension anti-roll bar? If so, where is best to get one? Everywhere I search 'anti roll bar' brings up drop links??
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17th June 2012, 13:56
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You need a drop link, theyre like £10 and take a long long time to fit, around 10mins max.
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17th June 2012, 13:58
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Brilliant, I like the cut of your jib.
I might as well do both sides, right? I think I read that on a guide someone knocked up on here while I was searching?
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17th June 2012, 13:59
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Yeh there should be a guide on here.
They're simple to do however sometimes awkward.
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17th June 2012, 14:03
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Yeah, I was warned that sometimes it's a hack saw job to get the old ones off.
I'm just slightly confused as to why the MOT failure doesn't tell you it's the drop links, rather than the anti-roll bar. Needlessly causes confusion - at least for me.
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17th June 2012, 14:07
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Its just the MOT tester, sometimes they have alternative names for certain parts, not sure why lol maybe they just forget the name on the day!
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17th June 2012, 14:08
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I took a angle grinder to mine, still was a chew on.
You need a allen key that fits in and a obviously a spanner to undo. You cant just undo them they will just go round and round etc.
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17th June 2012, 14:15
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Same guy did the test last year, and it was on the advisorys, he called it the anti roll bar then as well.
It's that which got me wondering if he meant another ball joint. The drop links are the only ball joint involved with the anti roll bar, right?
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17th June 2012, 14:18
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Prickle
I took a angle grinder to mine, still was a chew on.
You need a allen key that fits in and a obviously a spanner to undo. You cant just undo them they will just go round and round etc.
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Brilliant, I look forward to it. 
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17th June 2012, 14:19
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Correct.
You have 2 rubber mounts which mount the ARB to the car, but theyre far from ball joints so cant have been confused or anything.
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17th June 2012, 14:28
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If you look you can see where the allen key goes at the nut on the new ones
When they go round and round.. time for grinder
Mine after 
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17th June 2012, 18:26
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more often than not they wont have an allen key/torx hole, but will have spanner flats at the base of the thread.
when doing 306 ones, I just tighten them up and snap the bilts.
or just go straight at them with the grinder.
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27th June 2012, 12:59
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Allen key hole was definitely there, not that they were much help. Angle grinder (as predicted above) was needed - suppose that's to be expected with a nut/bolt that haven't moved in ten years.
All sorted now anyway - thanks for the input chaps.
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27th June 2012, 13:26
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Good stuff lad.
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21st June 2013, 11:02
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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anti-roll bar
Hi, i've just had same thing on my mot, but offside,been in right  , so i'm looking to buy drop link?? is that all its called? cheers
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21st June 2013, 11:52
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Yup, drop links, there a fucking ball ache if you need to cut them but not the end of the world. Cheap and easy, do both sides at the same time.
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