Managed to find a spare hour this afternoon to change the drop links on the Fozzy, typically 1 nut was a right €&beep** to get undone so ended up hacksawing it off. Fronts done now and knocking gone, im going to do the rears as well at some point.

Aint that always the case one bolt that you either round off or won't move ;)

Least you got it sorted out mate :) just the rears left to swear at ;) 

Despite tge annoyance of that bolt im enjoying getting oily again. Had the last 7 yrs or so of having newish cars that I put into the garage for servicing but im gonna do this old tractor myself lol.

It does get you like that I find it's the buzz I get when I have finished that sense of pride that the bolt didn't win 

always useful to have penetrating oil and a blow torch on hand ;)

Ha ha, knowing me id set it on fire then my work mates would take the **** when they come and put it out lol.

Good for workplace moral :D

Plus gas always does the trick.

Did you just replace them with stock items or some nice shiney upgrades ?

Just stock ones mate, wasnt 100% sure it was them making the knocking so didnt want to shell out loads in case it wasnt

Fair enough.. what torque values did you tighten everythong back up to. I'm gonna take a look at mine in the next week or so.

They seem to be a weak point been looking back through the m.o.t advsiories and the n/s has been flagged up every other year for excessive wear. They were fairly new when i got the car but i'm just keeping an eye on them.

Torque settings ?? Just spanner tight lol. Havent got a torque wrench lol. I may get one though if im gonna start doing a bit on the car.

If you change them they are a doddle to do.

I polly bushed the links and arb's on my mazda hardest thing was getting underneath to reach them on that. I love the way it's so easy to do work on the underside of the foz.

I bought a cheap torque rench from manchine mart they do come in usefull. Keep mime in the car, doubles up for taking wheels off as i didnt have a brace

on the stabilizer 45nm, on the transver link 55nm