Right now that i have your attention people.....
I have owned my JOM's for 6 months now and have to report they have been very good for that time - until today!
Pulling into work i had a massive bang from the front of the car and the steering wheel ripped from my hands (luckily at about 3mphs when parking)
Got the car apart tonight after work, (before attempting to move the car) and found that the locating pin on the leg that fits into the groove in the hub had sheared clean off, allowing the strut to rotate and bending the droplink locating plate in the process. (of note the hub bolt was still damn tight and had to be leaned on to undo!!)
Strut off, the droplink plate straightened in the vice, and a good family friend has cleaned up the strut body and mig welded 2 new 'locating pins' - one in original position, and one low down - onto the leg so the hub bolts goes between them.
All refitted and everything seemes fine and car has now been driven home.
I got lucky - imagine this at 60mph or so on a fast road or roundabout!!
However, this has now jaded my views of these as a product and as such i will be removing the other front strut tomorrow and getting that welded as i have no faith in the JOM locating pin.
I am not saying that anybody else on the froum will have an issue, or anybody else ever in the world, but if you have a set of these, next time you have the wheel off, shine a torch down there and see what condition your pin is in.
(I will upload pics from image shack of the leg less the pin but needed to put bacy together asap so not of the welded on until i get the other done tomorrow)
