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The guy in that video stated that the castle nut on the upper ball joint be tightened to 29-35ft/lbs (39-47nm). Looks like he referred to the haynes manual. Just thought id mention that for anyone else doing this job in future.

Thanks. Is it something I should replace both sides or just replace the worn one?

By the way thanks Jon for pointing out about the 5 strut bolts. I undid 3 of them and was wondering why it wasnt budging. When I removed the smaller two nuts for the upper strut brace then it came out nice and easily.

I managed to fit one of the upper arms last night but went ahead and removed the shock. I could of done it with the shock in situe but couldnt find my ratchet spanners so maybe i'll try that when doing the otherside. Also another advisory on the mot was "Nearside front lower anti-roll bar has...

Thanks Brian. The HDS I have is possibly a pirated copy from china. Im interested to know does yours connect to the laptop via usb or rs232? I have ordered a usb coupler and a usb to rs232 cable but I dont know if that will make the connection anymore reliable as surely it will bottleneck...

Thanks for the replies. Does the spring need to be compressed to remove the shock? Or do I need to undo the lower ball joint to get it free? I got the eurocarparts parts today. i'll be sure to check out the youtube vid.

I just found this thread... http://typeaccord.co.uk/forum/topic/17442-mot-failure-front-suspension-bushes-diy-or-not/ Seems eurocar parts are cheaper than MPD http://www.eurocarparts.com/search/615600568/p/home At the price eurocar parts are selling the unit for I might just change the whole...

The car passed its mot today all ok apart from advisories on both front upper ball joints. I rang motorparts direct for the part and they sell for £60 the upper part of the suspension (looks a bit like the letter A) which comes with the ball joint attached. Is this the part I need or can I just...

It was actually noted in the service history at about 67k, the car is now on 155k. A guy at the motor factors said if its running just to leave it be. Im just having a read of your thread now... http://typeaccord.co.uk/forum/topic/17379-diesel-injector-removal/ I have plusgas and oven cleaner...

I thought that might be the case thats why I thought a hot engine would be best. WD40 doesnt seem like it will eat away at the carbon build up? How badly carboned up was your injector?

Brilliant. Thanks for the reply

http://typeaccord.co.uk/forum/topic/4614-diy-rear-hub-bearing-***embly/ This thread says 65nm. Can anyone confirm thats correct?

I hope I have and the flywheel will stay put for years to come :) Cheers for the reply Jon

I had the car in the garage for a few days and it failed to start. I did have the stereo on whilst working on the car so maybe it was a combination of both.

Does anyone know the torque settings for the 4 nuts on the rear hub? I recently replaced the abs sensor as some of you know and in doing so I removed the hub to get the old sensor out. I just want to be sure ive done it tight enough as I read something about wheel bearings going bad if the hub...

Ah I see. I was thinking abs still :P Yeah that all makes sense now. Once its through the MOT I shall have a look at the injector. I heard pouring cola on the carbon build up can help loosen it and make the injector come out easier. The mechanic that I went to see the abs light about seemed to...

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22flywheels+fall+out+of+them%22+accord&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=uLLGVMyOK8KsadvWgOAN#q=flywheels+fall+out+of+them+accord First link on google, I cant seem to get to the thread on that forum though.

I heard they fall off :D or at least become really noisy. What im wondering is if it has been replaced by honda would they have put on a new part/bolt/threadlock kinda thing to stop it happening again? Like a recall.

Is that code speak for 'brake pedal'? :P

Looking back on my service history it seems the flywheel was swapped out by honda about 55k ago. Would they of put new bolts in or anything as part of a recall type thing? Or could it go again? I know clutches obviously wear out but im just wanting to know about the flywheel and the liklehood of...