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Passed the mot tonight so let's my insignia good for another year hopefully also just hit 150k miles on way home
Keep trucking
Ryan
RB02259
Car Enthusiast
Last Activity: 30-11-2024, 12:42 PM
Joined: 20-12-2019
Location: Northern Ireland
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Auw nightmare it has both dust covers just not the rubber bump stop but at this point I think I'll have to hope for best...Leave a comment:
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Cheers howy, well one side is missing it, from everything I've read online so far shouldn't be an issue for the retest so so let's hope haha...Leave a comment:
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Job done surprisingly shock annoyed me more than arm. The wee 20nm nut on top is hard to torque as it spins and didn't want to clamp down too hard on new shocks. Put welding gauntlet in between grips
Does anyone know how many rubber stops there are meant to be for the rear shock? One side...Leave a comment:
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Update as promised
Went out today and soaked in wd40 hit few times with hammer then went for it. Strangely bushing side was easy and hub side was hard but a bit of heat did the trick
i also removed bolts for shock which were also quite crusty....Leave a comment:
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Thanks lizzard and good point I noticed some of the bolts go into threads cut into the frame of the car so a potential for a real headache of they snap or even mess up the threads...Leave a comment:
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Thanks for the tips I will do all that and hopefully walk the bolt put then replace the bolts for good measure will report back how I get on...Leave a comment:
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Thanks mate I have a powerful dewalt impact wrench but I'm guessing that's a no for this and I should instead apply heat and then tighten before trying to loosen with a breaker bar?...Leave a comment:
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Thanks Mr lizzard will do
I agree and that's the bolts after being cleaned up a bit with wire wheel and plenty of wd 40. Think I will replace the bolts as u say and hfully as u say bushing will fall out or angle grinder will sort it...Leave a comment:
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How would you tackle this rear trailing arm
I am replacing both rear trailing arms after mot failure. They were hard to get at reasonable price but that's a separate story. They're newing delivered next week
Took wheels off to clean bolts and soak in penetrant and noticed one side the bushing is broken out and blocking one of the... -
Thanks mr lizzard are the trailing arms an easy enough job, would imagine ill need tk refresh bolts at dealership as theyre badly corroded
feel confident doing shocks although noticed on youtube the mounts are taken off old ones and put on new which cluld complicate it slightlt...Leave a comment:
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Ern on second look the 6 may be a nunbering system for the documebt
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Failed MOT help me understand the sheet
Hi all
failed mot tonight in Northern ireland
the defect list appears to say there are 6 issues but reading it i sort of only see 2 shocks and 2 trailing arms.
im guessing if there are 2 more issues its the reference to susp3nsion arm? So 2 suspensions arms 2 trailing...
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