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jjayokocha
08-07-2013, 04:54 PM
Car passed mot today but tester said the ds front upper ball joint could do with a change, can anyone link me to buy one?
Chris.W
08-07-2013, 07:26 PM
If it's what I think you are talking about, you will have to replace the whole upper curved arm. 2 nuts removed from in the engine bay (either side of strut brace foot pad) and 1 nut on ball joint it self removed and a decent ball joint splitter should have that bad boy out in around 10 min.

Got to be genuine mitsubishi IMO. Some people have had issues with patern parts and cheep replicas colapsing within weeks.
BubbaLeggyVR4
08-07-2013, 11:06 PM
U can get the ball joint separate
But as mentioned dont buy the cheapest or the first ones you see
Google helps wonders
jjayokocha
09-07-2013, 01:32 AM
Was looking there and come across ball joints for like £15 each but thought too good to be true lol
jjayokocha
08-08-2013, 10:12 PM
http://www.camskill.co.uk/m22b0s1403p12573/MITSUBISHI_LEGNUM_GALANT_VR4_%28EC5W_EC5A%29_-_SERVICING_PARTS_TUNING_SPARES_and_SERVICE_ACCESSO RIES_-_Front_Upper_Arm_-_Legnum_EC5W_VR4_2_5_Twin_Turbo

is this the part i need?
richy rich
08-08-2013, 11:02 PM
http://www.camskill.co.uk/m22b0s1403p12573/MITSUBISHI_LEGNUM_GALANT_VR4_%28EC5W_EC5A%29_-_SERVICING_PARTS_TUNING_SPARES_and_SERVICE_ACCESSO RIES_-_Front_Upper_Arm_-_Legnum_EC5W_VR4_2_5_Twin_Turbo

is this the part i need?

From how you describe it from your first post then yes that's the 1.
jjayokocha
08-08-2013, 11:32 PM
Ye tester just said to me ds upper ball joint, was reading through threads is the camskill arm ok to use after I saw people complaining bout it failing
JimT
09-08-2013, 07:16 AM
I replaced the upper mount ds with one from camskill about 2 months ago and it seems fine.
Jim
richy rich
09-08-2013, 09:13 AM
Ye tester just said to me ds upper ball joint, was reading through threads is the camskill arm ok to use after I saw people complaining bout it failing

Are you sure they were talking about the upper as I can't recall anybody having problem with the upper, problems with the lower yes the lower is a common issue.
jjayokocha
09-08-2013, 10:46 AM
Cheers Jim will get one ordered, are they easy enough to swap over?
JimT
09-08-2013, 12:45 PM
Yes, think it was fairly easy, but must admit got my local garage to do it, they charged me about £60 if I remember rightly.
Jim
jjayokocha
17-08-2013, 07:35 PM
All done, 2 nuts on either side of the strut bar and one nut inside wheel arch, swapped over in 5mins :)