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Offline Jack3559

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Re: Car health check
« Reply #10 on: 04 July 2011, 15:27 »
I'd test it yourself first though... Jack the car up on all sides and give the wheels a good wobble, if there's play it's probably a bearing.

It may be a worn bush that's the problem as if there's play in those, they tend to much wheel bearings like nobody's business.

Offline stu646

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Re: Car health check
« Reply #11 on: 04 July 2011, 15:30 »
Cheers mate, will  have a look at it later on this evening.

Hopefully will not be anything to seriously wrong anyway.

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Re: Car health check
« Reply #12 on: 04 July 2011, 15:34 »
Nah...

If it's a bearing, whip out the hub and take it down to your local friendly garage and get them to squash a new bearing in. £22 for the bearing and £10 (without reciept) for the sqaushing.

Pop it back on, make sure your camber is all right and then get the tracking done as soon as is economically viable. (Don't bother if you're changing the suspension in the next couple of weeks.)

Offline stu646

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Re: Car health check
« Reply #13 on: 06 July 2011, 13:51 »
Turns out it was the brakes sticking to the capilar. All sorted now.

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Re: Car health check
« Reply #14 on: 06 July 2011, 13:54 »
Turns out it was the brakes sticking to the capilar. All sorted now.

Nice one, glad you got it sorted, cost much?

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Re: Car health check
« Reply #15 on: 06 July 2011, 13:58 »
£58 in total, but the garage are really good as when I got the car back it had been washed outside and also given a clean inside, including all the mats. Nice touch I think.

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Re: Car health check
« Reply #16 on: 06 July 2011, 14:08 »
£58 in total, but the garage are really good as when I got the car back it had been washed outside and also given a clean inside, including all the mats. Nice touch I think.

Ah that's not bad then.  :cool: