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O/S brake pads refitted now on O/S Track rod end. I don't know how long these have been on but once again the jam nut is as tight as a... well a thing that's very tight lol Currently soaking in penetrating lube. The ball joint nut was easier this side but I haven't tried separating it yet.

They are installed in the '96 Mk1 GLX I just bought but don't work. They were bought with the car from new. Whenever you stick it in reverse you get a continuous tone but no beeps :angry: It only has 3 sensors so would this amazon one work if I only connected three of the sensors?

I hammered every which way until I was blue in the face without success. Then I decided to cut the bolt flush at the hub with an angle grinder :angry: More WD40 and still the bolt was stuck fast. So I applied heat from a blowtorch, gave a gentle tap on the bottom and it popped right out :) Refitting the new part took a matter of minutes and on the plus side, the hub is now very clean lol The road wheel is now back on but it's now too dark to start on the other side so it's the turn of the O/S tomorrow. I'll keep you posted.

It is indeed clockwise and I can confirm that the jam nut is 22mm. Still struggling to get the ball joint end out of the hub though. I'm going to try a claw hammer this morning.

What model stereo is it fug?

OK Thanks. It's incredibly tight and I've put lots of WD40 on it but at the moment it's not budging. I'm assuming that it threads clockwise (as you look at it from the outside)?

Thanks Chris What size is the bolt that attaches the end to the track/tie rod? Ta

Cool thanks for that. I bought a 7mm hex socket in the end from Halfords (begrudgingly). I have the 19mm bolt off at the hub end but how do you free the ball joint from the hole at the hub end? I can see a 5mm Allen socket in the bolt but it's sheared so I have no chance of getting an allen key or hex bit in it so if I have to undo that then I may have issues lol

Cool thanks for that. I just have the bolts for the track rod end soaking with WD40 as they are ever so corroded. Add to that, the brake calipers are held on with 7mm allen bolts - i've been through two sets of allen keys so far and both have 6 and 8 mm but no 7 lol.

I'm just about to change the track rod ends and thought I'd do the brake pads while i'm there too. Any pearls of wisdom folks?