I have one of them in my garage, it's off of a mondeo. Complete with mounting studs. The last one that sold on here went for 50 quid, so, if anyone is interested, start bidding.
Stroke of luck it happened in the garage Peter. My guess would be the ball joint has seized and the turning force has sheared it off. Not too unlike what happened with the "uprated" droplinks from a few years back.
Going from 215 to 225 shouldn't be a problem as many have done this with standard wheels which are 6.5J (or 6.5") IIRC. Your 19"ers must be between 7 and 8J so probably happier with the extra tyre width.
I picked up one of those covers for my Cougar for the princely sum of £5Just make sure the sizes match on the axle and you'll be fine with that size, Peter.
I was about to say that I'm envious of your cover, but I'm going ST200, ladies and gents. Oh yes.
The thing is they were brand new last MOT in April. The car has done less than 500 miles since then. So I have no idea why it happened apart from it must have been faulty from the factory.
Hmm. You may well be right. But the cost of a metallurgical analysis to prove it would be more than the car's worth.
Better to replace the tyre and both droplinks, suck down the cost, and accept that bad things sometimes happen with a side-order of being grateful that you're not dead (Steve Morris had something similar happen to him - a snapped spring - at the thick end of 70MPH ).
And I say both droplinks because even if the other one is okay now, it may fail if it was from the same batch. Not to mention the fact that one shiny new suspension component on only one side of the car is a red rag to MOT guys. As it should be.
I have one of them in my garage, it's off of a mondeo. Complete with mounting studs. The last one that sold on here went for 50 quid, so, if anyone is interested, start bidding.