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bristol bloke · Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 20:29 Post subject: milners ball joints

Are miners ball joints any better now then the ones they supplied a few years back?

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unclebazwold · Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 22:51 Post subject:

Nope i use mitsi oem now or comparable and cheaper apparently are Delphi for the top ball joint and Blue print ones are good for the bottom.
Bazza
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bristol bloke · Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 22:56 Post subject:

What's the prices roughly baz and who does them?

unclebazwold · Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 23:05 Post subject:

Stolen from a post by Lewis i got mine from Mitsi £180 odd for top and bottom.
Bazza
Nip to your local autofactor and get a Delphi upper balljoint and a BLUE PRINT lower balljoint.
BLUE PRINT
ADC48675C - BLUE PRINT Wishbone Ball Joint (Lower LH) (L400 2.8TD) £65.30 +VAT each

Delphi (Lockheed)
TC596 - Wishbone Ball Joint (Upper), with grease nipple, (L400 2.8TD) £19.00 +VAT each
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bristol bloke · Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 16:31 Post subject:

Can't find Delhi one locally and been quoted £96 each for the blueprint ones Shocked

stu21 · Joined: 10 Nov 2011 Posts: 104 Location: stafford

I had a milners one last week and it was a pain in the backside, they don't fit as they have a grease nipple and where they fit isn't meant to accept a grease nipple, I messed about for hours before I realised it wasn't me it was the junk I had bought that was stopping me fitting it, I also ordered new bleed nipples for the brakes that came twice as big as the size I needed, Twisted Evil

unclebazwold · Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 17:38 Post subject:

I stuck a grub screw in the hole when i have had ball joints with nipples or some people drill a hole in the cup.
Bazza
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theFleured · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 9:16 Post subject:

I'm just in the process of changing my Milners ball joints so I thought I'd wade in here.

All four are shot and all four were fitted about a year (2000 miles) ago. Granted I do go green laning but in the last year I haven't done very much of that:

This is the top ball joint from the drivers side but they all look like this:

I also did a very short video of the play on the passenger side before removing it, I think this is dangerous: (click the animated gif to see the video)

I have a few boots fitted that came from Milners and they are similarly deteriorated, I suspect the ball joints would have been fine had the rubber not disintegrated.

My advice: if it's got a rubber component then don't buy it from milners.
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Diver · Joined: 28 Apr 2011 Posts: 1054 Location: Welney

Dangerous? Just a bit! Imagine doing 70 mph.... I don't buy anything from Milner anymore, rubber or not. Their pattern parts are just cheap junk. Rolling Eyes

theFleured · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 9:36 Post subject:

roofer · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 17:17 Post subject:

2000 mile old Shocked

....not good.
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albideli · Joined: 02 May 2010 Posts: 1348 Location: Blyth

Thing is we've all done it,bought cheap and know deep down it won't last...