General passed mot but it shouldn't !!!!!

[willkng08]

put my seicento sporting through a mot last wednesday just to see what it would fail on. it failed on dodgy back brakes and a broken spring. changed brake shoes and spring. put back through mot yesterday and it passed. one thing it should of failed for was the rear trailing arm bushes which were worn, when i say worn i mean you can move the wheel back and forward. i am going to change them anyway but how can this have passed an mot????

 

[ycming]

I guess everyone makes mistake.

Why not take it back and tell them to fail it?

Ming

 

[jatkinson]

What garage was this at?

 

[willkng08]

it was a local independent garage. your probably right everyone makes mistakes, i will take the car back later!

 

[jatkinson]

Dont take it back that would be Silly..

 

[blu73]

:yeahthat: if you check your car over yourself and know what is and isn't wrong with it why would you point it out to this garage. I'd be keeping quiet and taking all my cars there for their MOTs from now on if I was you.

 

[fingers99]

Strangely -- or not -- it is a frequently missed thing on Centos.

 

[AppleSei]

Taking it back also - something else will suddenly 'be wrong' and next thing its £300 bill for repairs

 

[rallycinq]

The mountings are not parallel, the suspension is checked in the 'dropped' position.

Dropping the arms effectively tightens up the bushes as they work against each other.

Cheers

D

 

[Pep0]

there is a guide and it will take me a weekend...

 

[fingers99]

A day if you use Plug Gas/GT 85 and are lucky with the brake unions and don't repaint everything and use polyurethane replacements.

Tiring day, though.

 

[willkng08]

didn't take car back to garage afterall. can the bushes be done one at a time without taking the whole arm off? i was thinking that i could put car on axle stands and put a jack under the arm so that when i take the bolt out the arm will lower anough to get to the bush!! i don't wnt to disconect the brake lines etc as it can be a nightmare bleeding the brakes and the shocker bolts tend to snap.

 

[ycming]

The rear brake line is tiny and is only on the arm, just replace them.

And shoe and cylinder is really cheap so can replace them as well.

Someone found rear bushes for £37 for 4 !! poly as well.

So is a good time to do them now.

Ming

 

[fingers99]

can the bushes be done one at a time without taking the whole arm off?

There may be a very expensive tool around that'll allow you to do that, but the usual way is to remove the arm and burn and cut the old ones out (or take to someone with a press).

Use a proper clamp on the flexis and bleeeding will be much easier. PlusGas saves busted bolts. Fluffy has them on the shelf anyway.