Spot the problem!

[Phantom]

Also replaced sunroof this weekend (yay, now I can have the headlining back in since it's been out from Aug 2008!)

must be a time traveller

[Leigh]

D'oh !

LOL
Planning to take most of the interior trim panels off tonight so I can refit the lining without wrecking it , when I took it out it was a bit 'tense' doing it and creased it slightly, think I'm better removing the panels this time for the sake of 20 mins with a screwdriver.

[PuppiesBalls]

my cally is knocking bad soon as u go over even the smallest bump, doya recon its the arb?

[Leigh]

Fairly likely candidate I'd say.
Dead simple to check tho mate, don't even really need the car jacked up if it's as severe as mine was! Either in good sunlight, or with a torch, you should be able to see the ARB's just by looking underneath from the front of the car. Mine was pretty damn obvious as it had sheared completely (as you can see in the pic), tho I did notice once or twice before I got it changed that the 2 halves had met up again , in which case it wouldn't have been quite so obvious it was broken.

[PuppiesBalls]

just looked and it doesnt look like its the arb:(??

[Joker]

alrite people.

I have this problem to (I think)



Can someone clarify that this is what i need?



thanks for ya help!

[RAINMAKER]

yep thats the ones, a little tip ; use a coil spring compressor to hold the arb to the bottom wishbone to help with reassembling

[C411BRAnut]

Top tip - always grease your nuts before putting them in. No jokes please!

[Leigh]

When I did my passenger ARB link last w/end I put it in the wishbone first, tightented it a bit, then used the jack to raise the wishbone until the bolt was at the right level to go into the roll bar, easy enough then to pop it through and tighten it all up.

Joker, on the photo of the broken bit you've posted it looks to me like they are the older 'pendulum' style ARB links, the ones that are a right b!tch to do. I don't know if you can use the newer style to replace them or not, I'm sure someone on here can tell you either way...

I hope you can tho, as even I found them easy with my limited mechanics skills..

[Calibra_Mike]

Joker... You have the pendulem type arb links, they are different to the ones in your bottom pic you posted up... same as the ones on my calibra, check here...
http://clubcalibra.net/viewtopic.php?t= ... c&start=15

Page 2 in the topic about half way down...

[Joker]

yeah unfortunatly it looks like i need the older ones.

Anyone know where I can get these from and how hard are they 2 fit? There is no head on the bolt or any place to actually fit them. So how do ya do it?

Joker

[Calibra_Mike]

Hacksaw through the old one (I mean the ARB Link not the bar)

you should be able to get them from your local motor factors or autovaux for about £10 or less...

once you have the new parts in your hand you'll be able to see how they go on... just make sure you dont do the bolt at the bottom bit up too tight, the rubbers are not meant to be squashed...

[RAINMAKER]

tighten the bottom nut up until you compress the two rubber bushes so you can measre 38mm from washer to washer this is the required space needed, hope this helps.

[Joker]

I'm told my car can be one of two things.

the subframe length or something like that

22mm or 20mm. how would i find out? Just measure the diameter?

Joker