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darragh

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July 2, 2007
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track rod ends, are they not the end of the track rod where the ball joints go,was having a look on some english web shops talk about confusing the matter.

i have heard spares ie are good, forgot about them ill gve that a try
 

411 guy

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March 14, 2007
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co clare
i have a late '60s trailing arm c/with two track rods and four track rod ends that seem to have no play.is 50 euro ok?
 

darragh

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July 2, 2007
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Co. kildare
they are used parts, why were they removed from the van they were on.
can you detect ball joint free play with out them fitted to the vehicle
 

411 guy

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March 14, 2007
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co clare
they came free with a split i bought -long ago,i couldn't feel any play,i only had a quick look late last night.ill send a picture by text or e-mail if you send me no/adress.
 

darragh

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July 2, 2007
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Co. kildare
agreed some spurious parts are useless.
where in clare are you i am in ennis/shannon fairly regular.
can you send pics to darrragh at gmail.com
ps 50 euro sounds fair
 

Mikey

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February 3, 2009
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Dublin
just on the topic of parts whats machine7.com parts like? compared to VW hertiage?
 

JustinOval

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Parts that appear the same may well be from the same supplier, Heritage have a greater range as they have parts produced for them but Machine7 have slightly better service in my experience.
 

JustinOval

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November 9, 2006
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They can be OK, they called me once to confirm parts were shipped express within minutes of ordering as I marked URGENT on the webform, it was only gaskets.

They do run into problems with parts that are automatically put on back-order.