Gransport rear tie rod replacement

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TimR

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Lozzer said:
Interestingly after last years advisory there was no mention of them at this years mot, with another 4k miles on them.
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Was it the same garage, the same tester...?

Its a judgment call. Some play is an advisory. At some point, it becomes a fail...or a dont bother..Who knows. I still have one side that appears to be fine....
I am surprised that play hasnt got worse in 4K miles however..Its not the nature of this particular animal ...
 
philw696

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When I was Testing and I haven't since 2014 but free play was always an Advisory.
You had to look at like is it going to fail during the Test ? No.
Pass and Advise.
I looked at it like is it a Traders Car ? Fail.
Will the Customer get it done soon ? Probably not. Fail.
In all the years I was Testing I never got challenged.
The Tester can use discretion.
 
happydaze

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The SKF GE15C bearings are on order. I intend to replace the ones on my MCV rear tie-rods. Are they a press-fit? Does anyone have any advice on fitting the new bearings (assuming the tie-rods have been successfully removed)? Looking forward to helpful comments.:cool:
 
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It’s fairly simple once the rod is off. Do measure or mark the adjustment sockets on the inside before removing as it can be a pain getting it close to the original setting.

To remove the bearing disassemble the rubber boot taking the wire retainer from around the base. There are two spacers pressed into the bearing. Use a pin punch in the small gap between them to punch one of them out with the rod in a vice. You can then knock the other one out of the other side. Clean up the inside of the rod and get a socket that is a bit smaller than the ID of the rod to push on the bearing and a socket or spacer bigger than the bearing on the other side and clamp the rod between them in a vice. Tighten the vice slowly to press the old bearing out. Then install the new one in the same way, making sure it is centred in the rod. Press the spacers in and refit the boot and you are ready to re-install.
 
Mr S

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If all goes well, it shouldnt take more than an hour each side. I think me and Zep did both sides in just over an hour.
 
happydaze

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Thanks Mr S, that's encouraging. The ball-joint rubber boots are next on the list - should be fun...:)

The (recently purchased) MCV has only done 50k Km, and needs to be 'used'. Looking forward to doing that, after taking care of a few issues, such as the above. It's a great car!
 
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happydaze said:
Thanks Mr S, that's encouraging. The ball-joint rubber boots are next on the list - should be fun...:)

The (recently purchased) MCV has only done 50k Km, and needs to be 'used'. Looking forward to doing that, after taking care of a few issues, such as the above. It's a great car!
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You shouldnt have an issue, but just be careful you dont wind the stud out that clamps the wishbone and tie rod up. I ended up getting a new stud, and loctiting it in. The tread is M12 fine pitch.
 
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happydaze said:
New rear tie-rod bearings fitted. Thanks again for the helpful information. It took me more than 2 hours :), though it wasn't difficult. Using my tried-and-proven method of 2 parallel strings, I set the rear toe-in at 1mm each side...View attachment 99128
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great work, looks like you have plenty of space there. When me and Zep did mine, we just did it as close to what we had before, as already had a Geo booked in the next day.
 
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