I'm guessing that's supposed to be connected to something?Anyone spot the problem here? (it happened pulling out of the roller brake tester)..
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Anyone spot the problem here? (it happened pulling out of the roller brake tester)..
1 wheel drive now though more efficient around corners.
And the reason it happened (it wasn't the vast amount of torque the little Honda Jazz was producing)..
Water has got into the driveshaft damper, and it's corroded from the outside in.
The shaft is way thinner/weaker than it should be, and the customer is lucky it happened during MOT and not out on the road.
Gave me a bit of a shock though
It's the same as why coil springs snap, water gets under the paint/powder coat and it just rusts away.
Water has got into the driveshaft damper, and it's corroded from the outside in.
The shaft is way thinner/weaker than it should be, and the customer is lucky it happened during MOT and not out on the road.
Gave me a bit of a shock though
It's the same as why coil springs snap, water gets under the paint/powder coat and it just rusts away.
I was always thinking about this on my FN2, they suffer the same issue of corrosion under the vibration damper and the shaft snaps clean in two. Happened on my mum's Civic too and that was in about 2000 when it was five years old.
Unless that has a limited slip diff then the broken drive shaft will just spin and the one wheel with any drive won't do anything.Wicked, think of all the one-wheel-peels
Its a Jazz, it deffo has a welded diff for skids.
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This was a massive problem with Nissan Primera's too. I still have a brand new driveshaft in my attic and the car was scrapped 10 years ago! I bought it as preventive maintenance but never had to use it/got round to fitting it.
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Alright smart arse, it was way more funny when it was a 1 wheel powered drift monster.
The gear stick is obviously in the wrong place, and someone has removed the billiard ball novelty knob from it.Anyone spot the problem here? (it happened pulling out of the roller brake tester)..
More seriously that's pretty scary.
@JonRGV250, I've a question, if I was to drive a car with no current valid MOT from Eurotunnel to a garage (with pre-booked MOT appointment) down the road from my house, so around 100mile distance would that be ok, or can the popo actually do you for it?
My mate asked me this question, he had a project car that broke down in Europe and couldn't get it sorted/back in time..
My mate asked me this question, he had a project car that broke down in Europe and couldn't get it sorted/back in time..
They can actually do you for it though the chances are small - the distance increases the chances of being picked on ANPR and being stopped and if unlucky you might get a hard arsed copper who'll go over the vehicle with a fine tooth comb and issue a FPN if there are any significant defects in combination with not using a closer place for the MOT - I've only seen it happen with people who've decided to run a clapped out van half-way across the country though. (EDIT: Though they'd have probably got done anyhow with an MOT just not having one increased the chances of being pulled).
Assuming the vehicle is/still registered here already - as long as the last MOT wasn't failed due to a dangerous defect and the appointment with the garage is pre-booked and they have proof of the appointment there is no problem.
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As long as it’s prebooked and the MOT station has a record, or you have an email confirming the booking (the DVSA recommends these are kept for 3 months) you’ll be good.
The police can ticket you and then you’d appeal and get proof (or usually the police will phone the station to confirm).
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Wrong thread.
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The morale of the story here is to not let your "mechanic" mate repair your car to try and save a few quid.
I MOT'd this Skoda and it failed on excess fluctuation on the OSF brake during the roller brake test.
So my colleague stripped it down and had a look.
As you can see when the home "mechanic" removed the caliper & carrier and then fudged it back together again there was a slight issue..
Those two holes in the steering knuckle are supposed to have thread in them!
So instead of replacing the knuckle he'd presumably cross threaded one bolt in so it just about held the caliper carrier on, and the other he'd used some sort of (I kid you not) what appears to be bathroom silicone sealant to retain it..
So under braking load during the test and whilst driving, the caliper was trying to make a break for freedom and detach itself, hence the fluctuation.
The only way to sort it was a new knuckle, hub and bearing, so he hardly saved any money by trying to do the job on the cheap!
And god only knows how this wasn't picked up as an advisory/failure on the previous MOT (different car)..
Quite rare to see a subframe in this condition (that's directly where the steering rack is bolted on to).
It's a Corsa in case anyone was wondering.
I MOT'd this Skoda and it failed on excess fluctuation on the OSF brake during the roller brake test.
So my colleague stripped it down and had a look.
As you can see when the home "mechanic" removed the caliper & carrier and then fudged it back together again there was a slight issue..
Those two holes in the steering knuckle are supposed to have thread in them!
So instead of replacing the knuckle he'd presumably cross threaded one bolt in so it just about held the caliper carrier on, and the other he'd used some sort of (I kid you not) what appears to be bathroom silicone sealant to retain it..
So under braking load during the test and whilst driving, the caliper was trying to make a break for freedom and detach itself, hence the fluctuation.
The only way to sort it was a new knuckle, hub and bearing, so he hardly saved any money by trying to do the job on the cheap!
And god only knows how this wasn't picked up as an advisory/failure on the previous MOT (different car)..
Quite rare to see a subframe in this condition (that's directly where the steering rack is bolted on to).
It's a Corsa in case anyone was wondering.
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As per your recent post about the snapped driveshaft and coil springs you can't always see what is going on internally with metal - it might have been corroding away behind/inside until it finally came apart.
One of the problems sadly with the D40 Navaras and Pathfinder on the same platform, the rails rot and weaken without always outwards signs before they snap or holes start appearing.
@JonRGV250
With that brake job, how?????????
I'm NO mechanic but I've done brakes plenty of times, baring excess copper grease maybe (I still think it's fine) but jesus how do you not realise you need to replace the bolts on the same place they came from?
Anyway, we all know it wasn't his "mechanic mate".....
With that brake job, how?????????
I'm NO mechanic but I've done brakes plenty of times, baring excess copper grease maybe (I still think it's fine) but jesus how do you not realise you need to replace the bolts on the same place they came from?
Anyway, we all know it wasn't his "mechanic mate".....