ARB drop links

[Davemate]

drop links
how do you know if there knackered,having replaced all front bushes with poly things,fitted new springs and some    new-ish spax shocks.I now have a clonking sort of sound at low speed and turning, like backing off my drive and pulling out from a side road a bit sharpish.The ARB bushes have been poly bushed as well.
If i undo the nut from the wishbone,it will unwind so far then it locks up and the hole thing including the captive nut starts to turn, so would i be correct in thinking they are knackered.

I do not know if i am making sence, if i need to change them i can undo the bolt that goes into the end of the ARB
but to get the drop link off the lower wish bonne i will have to grind through the nut/stud as the whole thing is just turning

[GarthT]

Dave, I've just done my ARB drop links. One came off ok, other started turning as you describe, it's all the rust at the end of the screw thread. I just hacksawed straight through it. If it's turning, it's knackered. It means the rubber indside the little ball thing is all ripped to bits and had it.

I bought new studs for the end of the roll bar as well, they surpisingly came off with no problem.

I curious as to how you replaced the ARB rubbers with polybushes without getting the drop links off first??

[Davemate]

Like you,the studs that go into the end of the ARB came out fine, after that just undo the clamps
job done !
I have ordered new drop links,which means everything will be new at the front

[GarthT]

nice one Dave, that's what I thought when doing mine, I did all 8 of the wishbone polybushes, the ARB bushes, the drop links and studs, new trunnions seals and every bolt and nyloc replaced, makes sense when you have the lot in bits anyway.