Madjackal

Can someone tell me the paint code for my Blackberry VR or point me to a code list please? (Not the one I have top download from the buyer guide cos i can only get online at work at the mo and the web blocker wont let me)

it might be all the same to you but i wouldn't mount a tranny! :lol:

Sounds like a steal to me if the reputation is accurate!

tut, tut, i remember the days when people got in their cars to drive them. :D

I dont beleive you found that! :lol: :lol: Im trading in my corrado and getting one so i can go on there all the time.

I can see the confusion, this site isn't called 'not the Nissan Fargo forum' its a perfectly easy mistake to make! :lol:

grrr!

CV Joint Kits = £51.00 each inc.VAT from GSF if VR6

me too! Thanks again to everyone who offered advise!

you could get a high flow cat. I couldn't personally advise on performance gains but the local chav clinic seem to think they are the nuts.

thats kind of what I was afraid of. Im sure it'll be fine.

all done, the noise is gone! took a big lump out of my finger cos i decided to cut the old boot off with a stanley knife to get access to the clip at the back :oops: Got a new ball joint, fixing plate and bolts while everything was off so i reckon i might do the other side too just for peace of mind and newness. Gonna book in at stealth for 4 wheel alignment so may aswell get new bits both sides first. I didn't use the second pack of grease cos i had a fair bit left (i did cram the joint well full too!) plus there was quite a lot left on the drive shaft, should I perhaps stuff the other one in, I just thought maybe you can use too much???

ok thats all a huge help especially cos of those clips for the boot i've never understood them, and I do have new ones in the kit. Just one thing I thought the circlip was the plastic thing with two holes the top to open and close with special pliers?

I have the hub nut off, I have the wheel and brakes off and i have removed the lower ball joint. The ball joint on the control arm is reluctant to come out and im a little concerned about forcing it, is this just due to the lack of play in the control arm? I take it i have to remove the bolts from the suspension strut?? Does everything then just 'pull' off? (Pull = smack it with a lump hammer) How do those weird clips that hold the boot on come off?? What is the small 'C' shaped piece of metal for that comes with the CV kit? More advice needed please!

Never mind found it, im with ya. By the way GSF do the outer CV joint kit for VR6 for £51.11 inc. VAT.

thats the ones, man there's so much I don't know, what are side cutters? I don't have a haynes but I will probs do as you suggest.

i think you have to be over zealous to be an MOT tester. What it the correct procedure for putting on/taking off the circlips why cant they just use jubilee clips, that would be easier to get on and off surely!?

guys, your advise has been invaluable, thanks again. I'll have to leave the ball joint for now but i'll probably replace the lot soon. 10 year old car and all that. Cant hurt.

the knocking is only on when i accelerate, is the tool i need for the ball joints called something obvious like a ball joint remover? :)

how do i know if its the inner or out joint, the boot on the outer one has slipped slightly so this is the obvious suspect but i dont really wanna waste money on the wrong one?

big hammer its is then! cheers chaps!

Thanks very much guys, just one other thing, i dont mind the grease thats no problem. I am quite able to get as far as getting the brakes off and I have a reasonably comprehensive set of sockets, splines, hexs, torx and screw drivers but are there any specialist tools I might need? all help and advise, as always, is greatly appreciated!

any more detail on that, its it urgent/expensive, why would it make that noise, i dont really know much at all about cv joints, drive shafts, bushes, steering racks and all that stuff.

Since yesterday morning whenever i turn right I get a loud knocking noise coming from the nearside wheel arch. The faster I go the louder and more frequent it gets and the more i turn the louder it gets. Does any one have any ideas. I have had the wheel off and cant see anything obvious. I have recently changed the discs and pads and less recently had a coilover kit fitted. Help?!

cheers!