courierdude
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i'll post results after i do this test tomorrow. all went a bit stiff going tight right on a mini roundabout today. is everyone lifting just one wheel or both? would there be any difference in results?
Thanks for the results. Would be interesting to see if you swopped the vcu's over, if the results followed the vcu. No problem if you can't do this.Tried this today on my 2003 1.8 with a 1m bar and 5kg weight, and it took 60 seconds to go from 45 degrees to horizontal. Have been thinking it's feeling tight for a while now, and seem slike it's on it's way to needing replaced after 102k miles.
Also tried my 2002 1.8 and it didn't even move, lol...
Here's one of my tests with 4 kg on a 1m shaft
VIDEO
Is 2 minutes with 8kg on a 1.2m over the 45 to horizontal too long?
New one is ordered and I will be removing the old one in the morning.
No idea of the mileage on it as I had to replace the entire shaft and it came with it from the scrappy.
(Can't go 2 WD here in Sweden as it will fail the MOT equivalent, besides that we get a shed load of snow and drive on snow pack for nearly half the year)
Just fittest a brand spanking new VCU and repeated the exact same test as earlier
This time it took 25 seconds for the 45>horizontal . Just to note, the temp was about the same both times. 8' C.
Just fittest a brand spanking new VCU and repeated the exact same test as earlier
This time it took 25 seconds for the 45>horizontal . Just to note, the temp was about the same both times. 8' C.
25 seconds still seems quite long, but I guess if it's an unrefurbished used one that would make sense.
Best recheck it once a month or so to be sure.
I thought he said it was brand new? That would make 25 seconds a benchmark wouldn't it?