MOT failure today 'nearside front anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt'
So it's a rubber boot/gaiter thing? I haven't a Haynes manual - is this easy to change if I get the car on ramps (or on axle stand with the wheel off)..?
Can't find the part on EBay so will try motor factors Sat am - can't be that expensive...
I think you'll have to replace the link rod - don't think you can replace the dust covers separately. Surprised they've failed it on that unless there is excessive wear in the ball joint, but I suppose if the dust cover has split, wear will soon follow. They are not expensive, fortunately.
Ron
"If it ain't broke don't fix it!"
Golf 1.5 Tsi Evo SE Nav Estate Atlantic Blue
Polo 1.0 SEL DSG Reef Blue (wife's)
(Previously owned a 2005 206CC 1.6 Allure Moonstone for 10 years)
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But that link states:
"VOSA, the government agency responsible for the MOT, has indicated that 'failures' relating to the new test items will be treated as 'advisories' in the first three months. This means that if you have any of the following problems with your car you've got until the first MOT renewal date after 1 April 2012 to get it fixed."
So surely it should have been an advisory this time, not a fail?
Ron
"If it ain't broke don't fix it!"
Golf 1.5 Tsi Evo SE Nav Estate Atlantic Blue
Polo 1.0 SEL DSG Reef Blue (wife's)
(Previously owned a 2005 206CC 1.6 Allure Moonstone for 10 years)
So it seems that discretion could have been used, but instead tried to charge me - £77 quoted. For all I know this could have been for one side only - have ordered 2 drop links , total £12.50. Also quoted £4.99 each side to change side repeater bulbs - yellow paint flaking off - which I've fitted for 90p each. And £11-odd to adjust the headlamp aim, as too high...
Lesson in this somewhere about a cheap 'MOT and Service' offer that they use to fish for more work, and letting the daughter take the car in. Next time I'll drive it in my overalls.
GrandadMonkey wrote:
But that link states: has indicated that 'failures' relating to the new test items will be treated as 'advisories' in the first three months.
defects found in completely new testable components (such as electrical wiring and Supplementary Restraint Systems) will be advisory for the first few months.
To me, that is not clear enough, and too open to idividual interpretation.
In my opinion, Suspension components are not a new testable item, so I read it as "should be a fail".
The wiring & SRS has never been part of the test, so a problem with those items would be advised instead.
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