AntiRoll link bar!!have GSF goddit "cranked"??

Post by **jonny_nutt** » 27 Sep 2006, 17:56

Hey All!
would any of you guys know?!what it is,is that I need a new anti roll link bar for my 1984 1.9wbx..mots comin up..now jks offer both.."cranked" (gooseneck shape)and the later"straight"...seein as its the cranked one im after..i should play safe but ..as u all know jk is too damn dear!GSF only offer one kind(part no.42273a)..much cheaper..so jus wanna know as it doesnt specify the year etc...If anybody for some strange reason would know!!..could it be that this part is a different thing altogether ie rod!..what a rant i hear u say..but this is the second mot in a row ive had to replace the blighter!!..same one..snapped off same place..whas goin on!?!
anyway..hehe cheers for actually readin all this!
jonny

Post by **Simon Baxter** » 27 Sep 2006, 18:25

There is one manufacturer for the cranked link rods, which is VW.
GSF buy theirs from VW, as I should imagine JK do.
VW have made the part in question obsolete, and they have no more.
GSF have also sold out, and were the same price as VW anyway.
JK, I should imagine have probably sold out too, and I can't see them being any different price to the other 2.
Repair yours or buy second hand.

GSF and JK prices are very similar, if you want a part that works as it is meant to, and will carry on working for years to come then buy VW.

Post by **jonny_nutt** » 27 Sep 2006, 18:41

Simon
...cheers for the reply..so its hunt the link time!!

jonny

Post by **kevtherev** » 27 Sep 2006, 19:55

shepster got one (new) from somewhere last week...pm him

Website · Post by **CovKid** » 27 Sep 2006, 23:23

Heh Heh - probably from a bloke leaning on a counter who said "Cor lucky you came in mate. We've 'ad that sitting on the shelf for as long as I've been here (25 years) and no one has ever asked for it. Tell you what - take it. Its just gathering dust anyway."

Post by **skell** » 28 Sep 2006, 07:17

think I saw some on flea bay t'other day, nowt to do with me....

Post by **geordie skydiver** » 28 Sep 2006, 09:35

I bought a straight one from VW last week.

Cheap it aint.

I expect they have 'cranked' ones too.

Post by **SplendiferousII** » 28 Sep 2006, 19:37

I just repaired my Cranked link bar a few weeks back to get it thru the MOT. When the link bar broke originally I just took the whole lot of and put it behind the garage. Handled just as well mind you !

I ground the broken thread end flat & simply drilled and and tapped it M12 and put a bolt up through with a spacer tube. Easy !

It is most probably stronger than the original unit now.

Total cost = £0.00 and passed the MOT.

Post by **Simon Baxter** » 28 Sep 2006, 21:16

You need to drill and tap it to M10 and not M12.
VW don't have the cranked ones, like I said they are obsolete with non showing at any of the dealers in the UK.
Well, that was a couple of months back, I don't think VW have made anything un-obsolete!

Post by **shepster** » 29 Sep 2006, 09:09

JK £42 each on the shelf.

Post by **SplendiferousII** » 29 Sep 2006, 09:59

Yes might have been an M10 bolt I used. I would go out and look but its raining.

Post by **Simon Baxter** » 29 Sep 2006, 18:06

shepster wrote:JK £42 each on the shelf.

Straight or cranked?

My local branch said they were getting no more cranked ones.

Post by **shepster** » 02 Oct 2006, 08:15

Cranked, bought them last week.

Post by **Simon Baxter** » 02 Oct 2006, 17:39

Tidy, I stand corrected.
I got some too today, It seems that VW don't make them anymore the licence has been thrown open to the aftermarket and you can now buy spurious ones! Bonus!
Lets just hope that VW stop selling rectangular headlamps leaving Hella to sell them on the aftermarket and let the price come down a tad.