MOT on wednesday

1. OMGASAXO Established Member Joined: Dec 2011 Derby Posts: 1021 Posi saxo, flatty, Peugeot bipper, Vauxhall vectra

   #1 18th December 2011, 20:14

   Hi basicly i got my mot on wednesday and just a few things i thought id ask, 1st my rear wheels look as though they have a slight camber however no sign of rubbing or anything, but if i go over a bump i get a cling noise comming from the back this happens over speed bumps and on bumpy roads and its worse when i got people in the back. do you think this is the rear axel?
   
   secondly not very often but about once every 2 weeks when im using my car and i push down the clutch to stop or turn a corner the car just cuts out for no reason and in the same day it would happen about 3 times any ideas? cheers.
2. devilsadvocate Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2006 Maidstone Posts: 8210 Golf TDI

   #2 18th December 2011, 20:23

   Slight camber is ok but if you jack the car up and are able to move the wheel about then it's likely to fail.
   
   Post a pic from the rear on a flat surface.
   
   Noise from the rear axle is like the ARB end plate, bolt either has snapped or needs tightening.
   
   When you say cuts out, does it literally just die or does it sound like it struggling and then die?
3. OMGASAXO Established Member Joined: Dec 2011 Derby Posts: 1021 Posi saxo, flatty, Peugeot bipper, Vauxhall vectra

   #3 18th December 2011, 20:25

   ill get a pic tomorro. and yeah its running fine and it litriclly just dies and i have to start up again
4. devilsadvocate Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2006 Maidstone Posts: 8210 Golf TDI

   #4 18th December 2011, 20:27

   To be honest, the only thing that may fail from the problems you have listed is the rear camber....assuming its bad enough of course.
   
   Every Saxo/106 I have owned has had slight camber
5. OMGASAXO Established Member Joined: Dec 2011 Derby Posts: 1021 Posi saxo, flatty, Peugeot bipper, Vauxhall vectra

   #5 18th December 2011, 20:29

   hopefully its not the axel then ill find out on wednesday anyway as for the ARB end plate if i was to leave this until after the MOT would it fail because of it? cheers for the help.
6. devilsadvocate Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2006 Maidstone Posts: 8210 Golf TDI

   #6 18th December 2011, 20:47

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by OMGASAXO hopefully its not the axel then ill find out on wednesday anyway as for the ARB end plate if i was to leave this until after the MOT would it fail because of it? cheers for the help.

   Nah shouldn't do (I could be wrong) as I don't think its part of the MOT.
   
   PM Tontsy on here, he is an MOT tester so could answer 100%
7. user_36198 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172

   #7 18th December 2011, 20:55

   if the snapped bolt is spotted it should fail
8. devilsadvocate Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2006 Maidstone Posts: 8210 Golf TDI

   #8 18th December 2011, 20:57

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by mandyslover70 if the snapped bolt is spotted it should fail

   Ahhh there you go then, I wasn't sure but I suppose any snapped bolt in the suspension will fail if they see it
9. user_36198 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172

   #9 18th December 2011, 21:00

   not only from a suspension point of view but if the bolts snapped and the arb wriggles its fiendish way out, whats it going to touch first? yep, a wheel, which if you're lucky will make a hellish noise, unlucky and it'll come to a sudden stop and you'll die horribly

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10. OMGASAXO Established Member Joined: Dec 2011 Derby Posts: 1021 Posi saxo, flatty, Peugeot bipper, Vauxhall vectra

    #10 19th December 2011, 01:40

    okay cheers, but its an easy fix just a matter of a new bolt?
11. devilsadvocate Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2006 Maidstone Posts: 8210 Golf TDI

    #11 19th December 2011, 08:00

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by OMGASAXO okay cheers, but its an easy fix just a matter of a new bolt?

    Assuming it has snapped then you will have to get the old bolt removed...
12. OMGASAXO Established Member Joined: Dec 2011 Derby Posts: 1021 Posi saxo, flatty, Peugeot bipper, Vauxhall vectra

    #12 19th December 2011, 21:23

    garage sed they would take a look b4 sending in for mot and they said its got quite a big camber but doesnt seem to be rubbing on the arches. so shouldnt be a problem. pheww
13. devilsadvocate Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2006 Maidstone Posts: 8210 Golf TDI

    #13 20th December 2011, 08:02

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by OMGASAXO garage sed they would take a look b4 sending in for mot and they said its got quite a big camber but doesnt seem to be rubbing on the arches. so shouldnt be a problem. pheww

    It doesn't have to be rubbing on the arches to fail the MOT, anything more than slight camber will likely fail.
    
    Jack the rear up and check for play, if there is any noticeable then it will probably fail.
14. OMGASAXO Established Member Joined: Dec 2011 Derby Posts: 1021 Posi saxo, flatty, Peugeot bipper, Vauxhall vectra

    #14 21st December 2011, 12:54

    Well there we go Needs a new rear axel this is the clunking sound i was getting apparently, andd front ball joint is dangerously wobbly so thats being replaced :|
15. devilsadvocate Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2006 Maidstone Posts: 8210 Golf TDI

    #15 21st December 2011, 12:57

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by OMGASAXO Well there we go Needs a new rear axel this is the clunking sound i was getting apparently, andd front ball joint is dangerously wobbly so thats being replaced :|

    Had a feeling it might, anything more than slight camber is normally new Axle time.
    
    Front ball joint is cheap enough
16. OMGASAXO Established Member Joined: Dec 2011 Derby Posts: 1021 Posi saxo, flatty, Peugeot bipper, Vauxhall vectra

    #16 21st December 2011, 13:09

    Yeah front ball joint being done and axel gonna have to wait til after christmas my mot runs out tomorro too!