Thanks for your reply, unfortunately looking at the internet you get different answers everywhere. I had been seeing it's best to replace these things but I didn't really see the need if they look in good shape. I'm planning an allignment at a garage after the works done.

That's very useful I did have a brief look for something like that but couldn't find much. I did manage to get Autodata for a month and downloaded what I could, but may also purchase that too. I've went out and got myself a good few tools I'd need for repairs, and lucky the ball joint comes installed so no special tools.

Re ""Aside from googling, is there a good way to find torque specs of certain bolts on my car? I see tutorials for a Corsa C which is similar, parts are the same, but does this mean torque of bolts is the same?""

I'd say the chances are that the torques are the same, except where they are different.

I base this on analogy with my last car, A Daihatsu Skywing, built in Taiwan based on the Daihatsu Charade

I had workshop manuals (downloaded from an Australian Charade site before they banned me for arguing) for the CB20 and the CB23 Daihatsu engines, which had torque values mostly the same except where they were dramatically different, as for the crankshaft bolt, where one was twice the other.

Unfortunately, the Skywing as a Taiwan-only car, was undocumented, documentation not being Taiwanese style.

It allegedly (I say allegedly because thats what the handbook that came with the car said, but it was for a Daihatsu Saphir, which I’d never heard of but had to assume was the same thing) had a CB22 engine, which I couldn’t find specs for anywhere, so I assumed CB23 specs applied,

.A guess, really, but (a) the best I could do, and (b) I think torque is very overrated, so I was disinclined to worry about it.

Neither of these conditions probably apply to you,

If you cant find a workshop manual (Youtube is probably NOT "your best teacher" for torque values, if for anything) you could perhaps check critical values with a garage or dealership.

This wouldnt be likely to be productive in Taiwan

Edited by edlithgow on 09/01/2025 at 03:20

I suspect that you are talking about the anti sway bar drop links which generally cause creaking after about 2 years of use on our r****** roads. They are very easy to change.

Joe