Today's joy!

[andyd]

Relatively common I think. (Relatively. Not unknown....)

http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?12697 ... post184626

Also

http://deloreannewparts.com/store/page12.html

Tho at last suspension rebuild, about 1000 or 2000 max miles ago I checked these carefully and nothing was obvious. ..

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[jwrayth]

One of my LCAs had a hairline crack of a few mm forming along the surface on top, almost exactly where this failure has occurred. Though in my case I'm pretty sure my nearly totally de-laminated rubber bushings and spinning the car out on the track was the culprit of the damage

I ended up reinforcing that by filling with some weld material when I boxed the LCA. Everything is looking good 5000 miles on from then

[Dave T]

The day she was spax'd was the day the lower wishbone was compromised in my opinion I think Spaxing goes hand in hand wish beef'd up wishbones.

[arranj]

Pretty sure Dave H doesn't have them, he was asking us to get some from Ed only a couple of months ago, when someone else had a similar failure (whilst in motion).
Ed's are (currently) made/assembled to order so you can spec your bushes if you order from him. There are no Houston ball joints in them anymore but it wouldn't hurt to make it clear which joints you want. Ed currently buys ball joints from us.

[andyd]

The day she was spax'd was the day the lower wishbone was compromised in my opinion I think Spaxing goes hand in hand wish beef'd up wishbones.

I have also heard it said that lowering and polybushing places more stress on the LCAs,

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[andyd]

Pretty sure Dave H doesn't have them, he was asking us to get some from Ed only a couple of months ago, when someone else had a similar failure (whilst in motion).
Ed's are (currently) made/assembled to order so you can spec your bushes if you order from him. There are no Houston ball joints in them anymore but it wouldn't hurt to make it clear which joints you want. Ed currently buys ball joints from us.

Thanks Arran. I think if fitting with the LCA support brackets then rubber bushes may actually be better- supple, but with the brackets to prevent twist?

Just a shame I have knackered arms with very high spec bushes and joints!!

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[delorean12uk]

The day she was spax'd was the day the lower wishbone was compromised in my opinion I think Spaxing goes hand in hand wish beef'd up wishbones.

I have also heard it said that lowering and polybushing places more stress on the LCAs,

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Mine cracked on my old car, I only noticed it when i removed them to do a refurb. I took them to the metallurgy lab at work and they laughed at me, they said the material was to thin for this type of application. This happened in the mid 90's when Milnesy was at the helm. when I got my current car, the first thing I done was take them off to reinforce them.

Andy, if you send them to me I can plate them and weld them up for you???

[andyd]

Andy, if you send them to me I can plate them and weld them up for you???

Hi Jason

Thanks mate, a very kind offer. But I think I will get 2 of Ed's and fit the support brackets at the same time. Should be stronger...

I have lost confidence in the 35 year old metal which was arguably too think to begin with!

Of note, I do not think that having them boxed would have stopped this happening... If you look where the crack is, its probably just about the edge of where the plate would be?

Thanks tho mate, I do appreciate the offer.

Cheers

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[dmc4087]

That is fairly frightening. I guess that's my job for the winter lined up!

[Horsebox]

I dunno if it's just the lighting of the flash but it looks like an old injury that suddenly got a lot worse whilst it was sat in your garage. The tear on the vertical wall looks old and discoloured compared to the shiny horizontal section on top. Maybe just the lighting tho - you'd have thought an MOT would spot it...

Anyway, it's crap and I feel bad for you, but relieved that it happened at 0mph!

Mark