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by JMD
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New to us but thought it worth making people aware to encourage regular checks. Forum search did mnot turn up anything.

Just before going to MoT/annual inspection it seems that both our lower front wishbones have similar cracks just outboard of the welds where to spring/shock unit connects. Not yet clear whether repairable or whether we need new wishbones. Won't know about this until they ore off/examined

Possible cause??

A "feature" of the welding of our early 2012 car?!

Loading?? .... most of our mileage (now >40k km) has been done two-up ... and a lot of that has been with luggage so we are operating at the higher end of expected GVW range.

Number of potholes on UK roads!

Anyone else had/seen this??
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by Stevo666
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I'm still changing the early front wishbones on early EU cars and have been for a number of years - not due to cracks but more due to the banana shape they had become....

I think this MMC net was full of holes, bit like all the other MMC nets for chassis cracks etc etc....

There is no visual difference between the early/late wishbones.
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by Stevo666
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Originally Posted by JMD
reassuring that it now should not bend/break but doesn't help unsprung weight.

Weight offset by Turrino wheels/motorbike tyres and unpainted carbon mudguards....... drive
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