irrational
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Hi.
So while Maserati is sorting out my gearbox oil leak, they said my rear lower trailing arms need replacement due to perished dust covers on the ball joints.
I thought they were joking when they said I need to replace the whole arm, but research showed this is in fact what is normally done.
I searched the forum and there are several mentions but not quite addressing my questions with regards to impressions/performance/pitfalls down the line.
So my questions are these:
1: Are Eurospares trailing arms actual Maserati, better, worse, same? The part number(mathcing what Maserati quoted) seems updated from the original Maserati, so perhaps there was an upgrade to these arms?
2: Has anyone done the fix suggested and documented by Craig Waterman on youtube with the Formula Dynamics dust cover replacements? I would be interested to know about this fix regarding safety and longevity. I am not knowledgeable about splitting ball joints. Is this a simple enough concept without risk as it looks to be from his video. Can I have this done without having sleepless nights?
3: In case of replacement, I would assume its prudent to replace the OEM covers with the FD ones in any case.
Dirk
So while Maserati is sorting out my gearbox oil leak, they said my rear lower trailing arms need replacement due to perished dust covers on the ball joints.
I thought they were joking when they said I need to replace the whole arm, but research showed this is in fact what is normally done.
I searched the forum and there are several mentions but not quite addressing my questions with regards to impressions/performance/pitfalls down the line.
So my questions are these:
1: Are Eurospares trailing arms actual Maserati, better, worse, same? The part number(mathcing what Maserati quoted) seems updated from the original Maserati, so perhaps there was an upgrade to these arms?
2: Has anyone done the fix suggested and documented by Craig Waterman on youtube with the Formula Dynamics dust cover replacements? I would be interested to know about this fix regarding safety and longevity. I am not knowledgeable about splitting ball joints. Is this a simple enough concept without risk as it looks to be from his video. Can I have this done without having sleepless nights?
3: In case of replacement, I would assume its prudent to replace the OEM covers with the FD ones in any case.
Dirk