bad weekend

morudy · Post by **morudy** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:13 am

Hi all hope you are wel, my car failed an MOT because the pasanger side top bearing colapsed...so i had a garage change the bearing and the wheel bearings as they were nackered....i jacked the car up and the spring on the pasanger side is still moving

all the other springs are fine and dont move when the car is jacked up.
do you recon the shock is at fault?

polo69 · Post by **polo69** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:18 am

Damn cars!

Mines failed on tyres, ceased handbrake and my bonnet catch is bent after a recent crash!

Ive never had a car that has passed first time! I hate it.

Hope you get yours fixed asap.

hawyziee · Post by **hawyziee** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:39 pm

that sucks, hopefully you get it sorted
my car went through 7 mot's last year as the wheels were rubbing on full lock
initial mot failed
knocked it back with a hammer, still not enough
fitted 3mm spacers too, still not enough
bought a grinder and went nuts, still not enough
went too nuts and made a couple of little holes, failed on having couple of holes
filled it in with body filler and went back, has to be welded and still not enough
got bodyshop to cut out section and weld in a shaped plate and still had 3mm spacers on, just enough
vw centre were alright about it though, got the 6 re-tests for free

morudy · Post by **morudy** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:05 pm

WOW 7MOT tests

i thought my experience was bad

I ahve spent a total of 120 quid this weekend and the car is not MOT'd so it is s bit of a let down

but soon as i get the shocks changed it shoud be fine... and i was saving all my money for a new car and a house

hawyziee · Post by **hawyziee** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:56 pm

thats pretty annoying when you have to spend a lot more than you have too
that was when i had 16*7" wheels on, no probs now with 14*8", can fit my fist between the wheel and inner arch on full lock

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:34 am

I dont know how mot's work if it fails... is it possible to take it to another place? Maybe some will turn a blind eye to some of these things...
Obviously youll need to get these things fixed as its for ur own safety

OMEGASUPR3ME · Post by **OMEGASUPR3ME** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:57 pm

im sure u can get ur steering locked for if u have big rims so that they dont rub, my m8 has a magan coupe with wide 18"s and the person he got it off got the steering locked. wonder if i'll have to do that with mu new rims. 195/45/15? yey or ney?