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411 Bluebird ball-joints and tie-rods

Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 10:53 am
by Waimana
Kia ora people

Have been offered a 1968 411 Bluebird but it needs ball-joints and tie-rods replaced to get legal (as well as the rust sorting)

Does anyone have the ball-joints and tie-rods available or know a source for them here or overseas?

Cheers
Andrew

Re: 411 Bluebird ball-joints and tie-rods

Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:01 pm
by dirtyleppa
Bnt then repco would be my 1st stop

Re: 411 Bluebird ball-joints and tie-rods

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:38 am
by tlssunny
go straight to where bnt and repco will get them from which is george stocks

Re: 411 Bluebird ball-joints and tie-rods

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:41 pm
by Waimana
Thanks Guys, very helpful, will email Stocks!

Re: 411 Bluebird ball-joints and tie-rods

Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 8:48 pm
by brocky41
If you cant get any - try these guys in chch if you can wait a week etc to have your ones rebuilt

http://hbiengineering.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

PS - I work for BNT and if i couldn't find any i would exhaust all suppliers not just call stocks - sometimes having the actual part helps for matching up.

I had a quick look today for you and we have tie rods, both inner and outer listed - but no ball joints, will have another look tomorrow with the guys through all our 100 year old books lol

Hope this helps

Re: 411 Bluebird ball-joints and tie-rods

Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 7:49 pm
by Waimana
No luck at repco, bnt or stocks

Thanks for the hbi engineering tip

found these for sale on ebay but unsure of the quality: http://www.ebay.com/itm/291421763209?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Any thoughts?

Cheers

Andrew

Re: 411 Bluebird ball-joints and tie-rods

Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 5:58 pm
by brocky41
They dont look like any other datsun ball joint ive seen (i havent worked on a 410/411 though - id buy them off ebay if i had too, just make sure they look the same as your own ones (bolt holes etc)

Re: 411 Bluebird ball-joints and tie-rods

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 7:33 pm
by Waimana
i think they are Uppers...will check out hbi engineering price

cheers

Re: 411 Bluebird ball-joints and tie-rods

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:22 pm
by Waimana
finally bought a NOS Lower Right Hand ball joint from ebay

$80 from Cyprus!

now need to go shopping for some outer tie rods

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