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Today I did something to my car (volume 2)
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@ LawlessBoy: They screw on the tie rod though
. What you need is a fork type tool that separates the ball joint thingy. Then apply heat and use a big wrench (pipe or grips) to unscrew it. Oh and count the threads until you get an alignment done. 0 -
@ LawlessBoy: They screw on the tie rod though. What you need is a fork type tool that separates the ball joint thingy. Then apply heat and use a big wrench (pipe or grips) to unscrew it. Oh and count the threads until you get an alignment done.
I think he means the inner. They normally have a torque setting. Tight as you can with a drop of locktite.0 -
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This?
I replaced one of those on my CMax, the biggy, roundy end (I'm a tech, me!) did not have those little cut-outs, so was entirely round. I just gripped it with a massive plumber's pliers I have (3 foot long) and wrenched it as tight as anyhow possible. :cool:
The steering hasn't fallen apart yet...
On a related note, does anyone know the torque figure for the bolts holding on the rear hubs of a CMax?
I got my brake backing plates and they will have to be done over the weekend.0 -
This?
Ha feckin reading it again he does say track rod end. A torque wrech might be handy for the locking nut on the tapered bit that goes into the hub. If you over tighten it it might never come out again. Not essential though, just use a normal spanner to tighten a new locking nut and don't go mad, be grand.0 -
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Inner tie rod end hmm, still an occasional knock on mine. Maybe they need changing since the front end was practically rebuilt. My mechanic is like well I didn't hear anything so it's graannnd. Well feck you I'll do it myself.
Changed them in a 6n polo before with one of these lads. Handy enough but some cars will be a alot worse for access. It does tighten up the steering nicely. Car was near undrivable afterwards though the steering was that out of line. Had to get the string out to get it to the allignment shop.
My own focus gives a bit of a knock if you turn the wheel sharply when your parked up. Was thinking inners myself. NCT in a bit so I'll how it goes through that first.0 -
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The Yaris is so high you can get under it without jacking it up? Or you drove onto a kerb or something?
Merc C class is like that, don't even have to get under it to change the oil. Slide the pan under the sump, reach down into the engine bay and off with the bung, plenty of room to swing a breaker bar. A few seconds
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fancy pigeon wrote: »Merc C class is like that, don't even have to get under it to change the oil. Slide the pan under the sump, reach down into the engine bay and off with the bung, plenty of room to swing a breaker bar. A few seconds
Curse the CMax for that! Filter and sump plug are on the wrong side of the engine, facing the bulkhead with zero access from the top.
Has to be jacked up, 2 axle stands either side, undertray removed and crawl into the darkest recesses of the engine bay. And no room for any kind of oil filter wrench, you need to eat your spinach before wrenching off the oil filter with your bare hands.
He MX5, if I was feeling lazy I'd stick in the oil pump and undo the filter under the inlet manifold, hey presto, 5 minute oil change.0 -
OK, to make NCT man happy, I had to put new splash guards in behind the rear brake discs. Of course these things never go according to plan.
One bolt stripped it's head as I was undoing it and what followed was 4 or 5 hours solid of crawling underneat, drilling the bolt, crawling out when I couldn't hold the drill anymore (lousy Lidl drillbits, wouldn't cut through a block of butter), bashing it from the other side, hoping it'll bend or snap, going at it with a crowbar (which actually broke a tooth), hammering in screwdrivers (also a name for F1 groupies) to create a gap and finally managing to slip in a hacksaw blade and slowly cutting the bolt over half an hour.
The exact same sh*t that happened last time, basically.
Once everything was out, I noticed that the discs (orignal) were in absolute sh*t and had to be replaced, as well as the pads.
That was annoying, because were it not for the fact that only one single pad had worn to the metal and the others were still 50%, I could have gotten away with it.
And a wheelbearing is already grumbling, but it was not in the budget this time, so I am already looking forward to doing all this sh*t again within the next 6 months or so. :mad:
As it was
All new and shiny
Seriously, I don't know what they mean, rusty. There's barely a mark on it, I can't tell which one's which!0 -
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Right, retest booked, this Wednesday at half past 4 in Limmers.
Was already informed that a visual inspection isn't good enough, they will have to put my car through the full brake test again, since replacing the splash shields involved taking apart the rear brakes. We can already see where the potential problems lie with that, so let's hope my brakes work as described. They certainly feel OK.
I friggin' hate the NCT, but it's gotta be done. And I don;t think it's a scam, I've seen cars in ireland before the NCT. Rustholes, crabbing sideways, lights looking for birds in the trees, lights half filled with water, cracked windscreens on every 3rd car, smokescreens, oil leaks, my favourite, the famous blue baling twine as a strucural repair, I could go on for some time.
Maybe this time I should leave a 50 in the ashtray. 50 cent.
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dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »Right, retest booked, this Wednesday at half past 4 in Limmers.
Was already informed that a visual inspection isn't good enough, they will have to put my car through the full brake test again, since replacing the splash shields involved taking apart the rear brakes. We can already see where the potential problems lie with that, so let's hope my brakes work as described. They certainly feel OK.
I friggin' hate the NCT, but it's gotta be done. And I don;t think it's a scam, I've seen cars in ireland before the NCT. Rustholes, crabbing sideways, lights looking for birds in the trees, lights half filled with water, cracked windscreens on every 3rd car, smokescreens, oil leaks, my favourite, the famous blue baling twine as a strucural repair, I could go on for some time.
Maybe this time I should leave a 50 in the ashtray. 50 cent.
I'll be driving past just after a work. Finish at 4:30 and work about 16 seconds away from the place. I'll keep an eye out in the car park 0
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