I've got a pair of lower ball joints from TPS. No where on the packet does it say nearside or offside.
I have:
6N0 407 365
6N0 407 365 A
Which is which please?
Cheers.
Ball joint part no. NS or OS?
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Re: Ball joint part no. NS or OS?
365 left
365 A right
That’s looking at the front of the car from memory. You can tell looking at the one you take off as the holes are different
365 A right
That’s looking at the front of the car from memory. You can tell looking at the one you take off as the holes are different
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Re: Ball joint part no. NS or OS?
Slight problem there, I've junked the old wishbones and ball joints
I'll give tps a call tomoz, I've had enough tonight, time for a beer
I'll give tps a call tomoz, I've had enough tonight, time for a beer
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Re: Ball joint part no. NS or OS?
I can see they are different in shape. It's strange as the invoice tells me which track rod end is which side and then nothing for the ball joints.
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Re: Ball joint part no. NS or OS?
Just confirmed with tps. The 'A' suffix is the near side ball joint.
Cheers
Cheers
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Re: Ball joint part no. NS or OS?
I thought that would be the case. So left is from the front of the car view then
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Re: Ball joint part no. NS or OS?
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=67477&p=502420&hilit=ball#p502420
If you think you've got it sorted in your own mind now, you can have a read of the above thread and get confused again
(sorry I haven't had the opportunity to re-host / link the pictures again)
If you think you've got it sorted in your own mind now, you can have a read of the above thread and get confused again
(sorry I haven't had the opportunity to re-host / link the pictures again)