Mot failed suspension advise.

[94burns]

My car failed on the below.

• Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn wishbone (5.3.4 (a) (i))
• Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn wishbone (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Is this referring to the track control arm, the ball joint or something else?

thanks

 

[94burns]

Your lower wishbone (TCA) attached to the hub assembly with a ball joint, is excessively worn on both sides. Depending on the car, these can be replaced independently of the control arm.

thanks for the reply.

I have a fiesta mk6, looks like the lower ball joint can be replaced independently .

LOWER BALL JOINT - Ball Joint - Suspension Parts - Steering & Suspension - Car Parts 424FO0490 (gsfcarparts.com)

Will probably give this ago myself was quoted £300.

 

[94burns]

Your sure it's a Mk6? If so, that's not the right ball joint. The one for the Mk6 bolts on with 3 bolts. Just be aware, some/most(?) Fords have the ball joints riveted from factory instead of bolted (working on Fords is a horrible experience) so they can be a bit of a pain to remove if you haven't got the right tools. The replacements will have bolts though so once they're off, they're a piece of ****.

A pair of ball joints will be about £30 delivered for quality parts (TRW, Lemforder, Delphi Lockheed etc). Labour will be about 2 hours for both sides so...£90. £120 fitted. £300+ is nuts.

Its a 2010 plate, maybe its a MK7?

Anyway I ended up replacing both wishbones (TCA) this afternoon. Found that both the ball joints on the old ones were very loose and had a lot of play up and down.

Hopefully this was this issue and will pass the retest.

What do you mean by nuts?