What's this?

[andyglym]

Mechanical God's out there, I found this on my drive that I share with the neighbours (several cars), kind of hoping it's off one of their's

Any ideas please

 

[Duncodin]

Looks like a ball joint of some description. Not the kind of thing you could loss without noticing. Unless something like an antiroll bar joint.

Likely fell off the back of a scrap truck.

 

[andyglym]

Looks like a ball joint of some description. Not the kind of thing you could loss without noticing. Unless something like an antiroll bar joint.

Likely fell off the back of a scrap truck.

Cheers, though it must come from from either my Z3 or one of the neighbours cars as we live in a remote area on a farm with no public access.

 

[Duncodin]

Just that thread - if it is a thread - doesn't look like it's been used in years.

Is it a metal ball-and-socket joint like suspension, steering etc. Or is it a solid rubber bracket kind of thing.

 

[andyglym]

Just that thread - if it is a thread - doesn't look like it's been used in years.

Is it a metal ball-and-socket joint like suspension, steering etc. Or is it a solid rubber bracket kind of thing.

Yup, just that and nothing else I could see. The top is rubber surrounding metal.

 

[Duncodin]

The nipple at the top. Does that look like a broken off threaded stud?

Front engine mount off a zed?

 

[Duncodin]

Is this it?

Your thing looks like it's been loose for a while so likely not as critical as an engine mount. But that kind of thing. Threaded stud top and bottom support bush kind of thing.

 

[IainP]

That’s an arb link, quite a lot of Fords use that link.

 

[Barron]

Looks very much like anti roll bar link which has snapped, not from a Z3, the rear ones on my volvo XC60 are like that and would imagine all of the P3 platform and some fords are the same.

 

[andyglym]

Is this it?

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Your thing looks like it's been loose for a while so likely not as critical as an engine mount. But that kind of thing. Threaded stud top and bottom support bush kind of thing.

Looks similar. I'll need to pop my Z on the ramp and take a look.

 

[Duncodin]

What about this. Looks similar to your thingy but without the threaded shaft.

Does your thing have that hex nut?

 

[t-tony]

Mechanical God's out there, I found this on my drive that I share with the neighbours (several cars), kind of hoping it's off one of their's

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Any ideas please

Looks like a broken anti-roll bar drop link to me.

Tony.

 

[Eddie Zedder]

Can't be off yours Andy, it's not shiny

 

[Mint]

Well, if it is off Bella she must be falling apart due to far too much cleaning. I'll give you a tenner for her