[Coffeelandy]

So my friendly local garage who normally turn a blind eye to silly things get a new mechanic who decides to fail my 110 on a windscreen water squirted that's blocked and a perished rubber gater thingy on the drop arm. Arse!!!

 

[ER1C]

Annoying but I would rather have the fail than a blind eye....

 

[Brown]

Shouldn't be too hard to fix though.

 

[Al2O3]

So my friendly local garage who normally turn a blind eye to silly things get a new mechanic who decides to fail my 110 on a windscreen water squirted that's blocked and a perished rubber gater thingy on the drop arm. Arse!!!

To be fair, it's better to get the joint sorted than end up with wayward steering.

 

[Dippypud]

To be fair, it's better to get the joint sorted than end up with even more wayward steering.

Fixed that for you ...

 

[Coffeelandy]

Shouldn't be too hard to fix though.

Supposedly mud ingress but those boots are crap anyway. Can you buy them individually or is it a new drop arm?

 

[Turboman]

Supposedly mud ingress but those boots are crap anyway. Can you buy them individually or is it a new drop arm?

They fail for a pastime, and some MOT testers dont know there is actually a bit of play in them anyway, because it is a spring loaded joint.
Kits are available, get the OEM one, pattern for a tenner are rubbish. Easy job, but a bit of a knack, bottle jack and a piece of wood to do job in situ.
Small vertical press id helpful if you take arm off.

 

[Turboman]

Supposedly mud ingress but those boots are crap anyway. Can you buy them individually or is it a new drop arm?

Just noticed you say it is just the rubber. If you pop the taper out, you can fit a new rubber on its own. I think I would do the joint as well. make sure it is all good, it is the only thing holding your front wheels onto the steering wheel.

 

[Mulcaster1]

So my friendly local garage who normally turn a blind eye to silly things get a new mechanic who decides to fail my 110 on a windscreen water squirted that's blocked and a perished rubber gater thingy on the drop arm. Arse!!!

.... or life saver? I was an MOT tester and fell foul to many a drivers expert views, loved it!!

 

[wammers]

.... or life saver? I was an MOT tester and fell foul to many a drivers expert views, loved it!!

Ain't it just so even in my day. But to be fair some of the things they can fail on these days are a little petty.

 

[Mulcaster1]

Ain't it just so even in my day. But to be fair some of the things they can fail on these days are a little petty.

correct, and this is clearly an example but a quick pointing out to the driver would have been a great build for a relationship - however it could have cost the tester his job, house, wife and kids, boat, holidays and maybe even his dog! -- would have a great friend mind you.

 

[Al2O3]

correct, and this is clearly an example but a quick pointing out to the driver would have been a great build for a relationship - however it could have cost the tester his job, house, wife and kids, boat, holidays and maybe even his dog! -- would have a great friend mind you.

Not the dog................

 

[Mulcaster1]

Not the dog................

fraid so! it just has to go!

 

[wammers]

correct, and this is clearly an example but a quick pointing out to the driver would have been a great build for a relationship - however it could have cost the tester his job, house, wife and kids, boat, holidays and maybe even his dog! -- would have a great friend mind you.

True but in my day common sense was used. If a bulb was blown you changed it. Changing bulbs on some modern cars is a bloody pain in the arse. So it's a fail and a retest fee. If a joint had slight vertical movement but had no lateral play it passed. To be a tester you had to have been time served with at least two years experience not somebody with an NVQ who had done six months sweeping the garage.

 

[Mulcaster1]

True but in my day common sense was used. If a bulb was blown you changed it. Changing bulbs on some modern cars is a bloody pain in the arse. So it's a fail and a retest fee. If a joint had slight vertical movement but had no lateral play it passed. To be a tester you had to have been time served with at least two years experience not somebody with an NVQ who had done six months sweeping the garage.

what is a NVQ? can you get one of them at Woolworths?

 

[Turboman]

Shame I have to go out! This is looking like it is brewing up nicely!

Still reckon Coffelandy ought to change the joint, be on the safe side!

 

[Mulcaster1]

 

[wammers]

what is a NVQ? can you get one of them at Woolworths?

National Vocational Qualification, or more precisely, Not Very Qualified.

 

[Bobsticle]

We have the opposite problem in Mancunia. The ever growing plethora of furrin owned back street test centers is putting pressure on the legit ones to pass anything just to get the business. Funny how if anything goes wrong at these little crap hole garages there is 500 staff and all have the same name, half of witch are on holiday in Bungabunga.

 

[wammers]

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On it's way home from failing the test on a incorrectly wired trailer socket.