what have you done to your car today ?

[BadBoy03]

You ever think you're unlucky to only find out you're extremely lucky? Settle down kiddos, tis story time.

Pulled out of my road on my morning commute to be greeted by both ABS and traction control light on. Keep driving, the car feels weird with a grinding sound, not constant but repeating a lot.

Uh oh, that's not good, think my wheel bearing is on the way out or I've got some crap in the hub.

I take it easy to get to work, thinking I'll call a friend later. At work I check the brake discs. Drivers side, lukewarm. Passenger side, insta-burn. Disc looks two tone. Crap, pretty certain it's the wheel bearing.

Can't get the car picked up so nurse it to parents house, a couple of mile down the road, to borrow a suicide jack so I can check.

Wheel in the air, hands 12 and 6... it's like the wheel nuts are barely in. Yup, wheel bearing totally gone. Lower the car, think "I better check it's not the wheel bolts", pop the hub cap off and something isn't where it's meant to be.

Not the wheel bolts. This...

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That means I did about 10 miles (in theory) with only the splines of the driveshaft and the brake caliper holding the NSF wheel on.

Terrifying might be an understatement.

Right, so on that note I think I might go buy a lottery ticket because that's some unbelievable luck I've got going on

That is insane m8 scary stuff. Glad you had something watching over you

 

[MoToJoJo]

Do you think it has been weakened by over tightening in the past?
Get yourself a lottery ticket! Though I’ve been buying them for years and here i am still driving a mk1.

Nope, that's from the hub being at an angle compared to the housing and stressing the part enough to break it.

 

[Nam-uk]

You ever think you're unlucky to only find out you're extremely lucky? Settle down kiddos, tis story time.

Pulled out of my road on my morning commute to be greeted by both ABS and traction control light on. Keep driving, the car feels weird with a grinding sound, not constant but repeating a lot.

Uh oh, that's not good, think my wheel bearing is on the way out or I've got some crap in the hub.

I take it easy to get to work, thinking I'll call a friend later. At work I check the brake discs. Drivers side, lukewarm. Passenger side, insta-burn. Disc looks two tone. Crap, pretty certain it's the wheel bearing.

Can't get the car picked up so nurse it to parents house, a couple of mile down the road, to borrow a suicide jack so I can check.

Wheel in the air, hands 12 and 6... it's like the wheel nuts are barely in. Yup, wheel bearing totally gone. Lower the car, think "I better check it's not the wheel bolts", pop the hub cap off and something isn't where it's meant to be.

Not the wheel bolts. This...

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That means I did about 10 miles (in theory) with only the splines of the driveshaft and the brake caliper holding the NSF wheel on.

Terrifying might be an understatement.

Right, so on that note I think I might go buy a lottery ticket because that's some unbelievable luck I've got going on

Wtf and you’ve only just had an mot surely there must of been a sign of that issue then as they rock the wheels on test to check for worn bearings,
bad feeling that I had two wheels not tightened up when they they were refurbished, one wheel all the bolts were out bar one and I’d just been down the motorway

 

[tracktoy]

Wtf and you’ve only just had an mot surely there must of been a sign of that issue then as they rock the wheels on test to check for worn bearings,

Do they actually test for worn bearings, If they do I have certainly had experience with it being missed.

 

[Nam-uk]

Do they actually test for worn bearings, If they do I have certainly had experience with it being missed.

On the mot yes if done correct, they ether manual rock/pull each wheel even some ramps have a machine to do it its all to test if there is any movement/play on the wheel , any play on wheel its bearing or further investigation, had a few cars fail over bearing even before i hear the noise from them.. that main hub bolt shearing like that on MoToJoJo car that defiantly would of come up, mental that unless the wheel was hit on recent crash he had..

 

[Manic172]

Found these on a site on Facebook. I think they look quite good. Was gonna get one made for leon when it's built.. what's people's thoughts

 

[iammooks]

Wtf and you’ve only just had an mot surely there must of been a sign of that issue then as they rock the wheels on test to check for worn bearings,
bad feeling that I had two wheels not tightened up when they they were refurbished, one wheel all the bolts were out bar one and I’d just been down the motorway

Had that on my car when I had a control arm replaced. Don't remember why I paid someone to do that when I can do it myself, but in short, where I'd take off the ball joint, they took out the driveshaft, and then didn't do the nut up properly after

At the MoT, the (different) garage thought it was wheel bearings, only to find out was all hanging on by a thread. Can't think how many miles I did on it before then.

I go to that garage now and not the other one.


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[Nam-uk]

Had that on my car when I had a control arm replaced. Don't remember why I paid someone to do that when I can do it myself, but in short, where I'd take off the ball joint, they took out the driveshaft, and then didn't do the nut up properly after

At the MoT, the (different) garage thought it was wheel bearings, only to find out was all hanging on by a thread. Can't think how many miles I did on it before then.

I go to that garage now and not the other one.


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Going to a good garage is like trusting a good dentist, shocking feeling that then you starting thinking what if

 

[paradyne]

Today while it wasn't actually raining, I attempted to change my radiator fan switch as I appear to only have slow fans when aircon is running. I'd noticed this several weeks ago during the cold snap when I was sitting in the car when it was idling - at the time it was too cold for aircon to be working - when all of a sudden the temp gauge needle started going up. Thankfully popping the heater on full blast with windows open allowed it to come back down to normal temp, and I switched off for a bit pondering about if I had a coolant leak. Within another 10 mins I was driving anyway so temp seemed ok forjourney home.

So I dutifully removed battery and box and relocated the fan control module temporarily for better access... until I found that the FEBI 10114 replacement fan switch I bought had the square plug and not the triangular one required. DOH!

I really should have noticed it beforehand, given I'd watched some Audi TT videos about checking the fans and bridging connections to prove the fans run ok.
Annoyingly the initial part number and picture of it came from 7zap site which pictured a square connector for the 1.8, and equally the ebay listing had 1.8T 20V on the compatability list - that'll learn me!!

So is the right one the FEBI 36563 instead ?

 

[MoToJoJo]

Been a while since I've had to do work on a car at the side of the road. Things actually went pretty well with only the ARB link being a pain as I stripped the whole suspension leg off (inc driveshaft).

So, normally driveshafts are a pain to remove but it popped out very easily, the hub was worn enough that I took it out of the bearing by hand, and the caliper carrier had borne the brunt of the pain, machining 3-5mm off part of the slider where the pad sits.

New hub and bearing fitted (fortunately the housing was fine), fitted it all back in without trouble. I used the "Yup, I ain't turning that any further" method for torquing the bolts, except for the hub nut and the wheel nuts. Yup, this is so cowboy that I might as well be wearing spurs but it was just to get the car home, will recheck the various bolts ASAP.

 

[Battoussai]

Been a while since I've had to do work on a car at the side of the road. Things actually went pretty well with only the ARB link being a pain as I stripped the whole suspension leg off (inc driveshaft).

So, normally driveshafts are a pain to remove but it popped out very easily, the hub was worn enough that I took it out of the bearing by hand, and the caliper carrier had borne the brunt of the pain, machining 3-5mm off part of the slider where the pad sits.

New hub and bearing fitted (fortunately the housing was fine), fitted it all back in without trouble. I used the "Yup, I ain't turning that any further" method for torquing the bolts, except for the hub nut and the wheel nuts. Yup, this is so cowboy that I might as well be wearing spurs but it was just to get the car home, will recheck the various bolts ASAP.

Yeah I will definitely also check all wheel bolts on my ride. You never know...

 

[Nathan penney]

It’s one of those days of the year when my fingernails get shorter sat in the MOT waiting room.
It was the grey Leon’s turn today for the mot man to Prod, poke and check if it can proudly be presented with its new peice of crisp white paper confirming it can cut it on the road for another year amongst all these new gigantic monstrosities.
Watching it sit there idling while the probe is inserted while there is still a small amount of smoke coming out the exhaust on a cold and frosty morning I started to fear the worst.
Thankfully I had nothing to worry about and it passed with just one very minor advisory for an exhaust bracket.
Admittedly this isn’t my daily motor but over two years and about 6000 miles aside from two services and two MOT’s this old girl hasn’t cost me a penny in repairs or maintenance.
I’ve probably just doomed it now writing this and I do have a couple of small jobs on my list for this year but what a joy it’s been for the last 7 years.

 

[BadBoy03]

It’s one of those days of the year when my fingernails get shorter sat in the MOT waiting room.
It was the grey Leon’s turn today for the mot man to Prod, poke and check if it can proudly be presented with its new peice of crisp white paper confirming it can cut it on the road for another year amongst all these new gigantic monstrosities.
Watching it sit there idling while the probe is inserted while there is still a small amount of smoke coming out the exhaust on a cold and frosty morning I started to fear the worst.
Thankfully I had nothing to worry about and it passed with just one very minor advisory for an exhaust bracket.
Admittedly this isn’t my daily motor but over two years and about 6000 miles aside from two services and two MOT’s this old girl hasn’t cost me a penny in repairs or maintenance.
I’ve probably just doomed it now writing this and I do have a couple of small jobs on my list for this year but what a joy it’s been for the last 7 years.

That's good to hear m8. Always a relief when they hand you the keys back & a clean bill of health.
I know what you mean about those 'over sized monstrosities'. It's got out of hand, & from where I sit, I'd much rather be lower to the ground than up there. The worst thing is they can barely fit in a parking spot & the number of times I have had them open their doors on my car, like I'm not there.

 

[Nathan penney]

That's good to hear m8. Always a relief when they hand you the keys back & a clean bill of health.
I know what you mean about those 'over sized monstrosities'. It's got out of hand, & from where I sit, I'd much rather be lower to the ground than up there. The worst thing is they can barely fit in a parking spot & the number of times I have had them open their doors on my car, like I'm not there.

Even my daily 2008 Subaru Legacy estate is dwarfed by everything.

 

[tracktoy]

That's good to hear m8. Always a relief when they hand you the keys back & a clean bill of health.
I know what you mean about those 'over sized monstrosities'. It's got out of hand, & from where I sit, I'd much rather be lower to the ground than up there. The worst thing is they can barely fit in a parking spot & the number of times I have had them open their doors on my car, like I'm not there.

They also help break up the road surface (eg potholes) perhaps they should add in the weight of a car in the car tax calculation.

 

[pugget_]

i replaced the shifter bushings to reduce shifter slop

 

[HLH RACING 37]

Hello , thought you lot my like to see this , just fitted the door card to my dads supercopa as the old one wasn’t quite as nice as this spare we had . Something a bit different on here

 

[Manic172]

Hello , thought you lot my like to see this , just fitted the door card to my dads supercopa as the old one wasn’t quite as nice as this spare we had . Something a bit different on here

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That's just like what I done to my leon

 

[Alexis27]

MOT day and just the one failure - contaminated brake fluid! My garage are certainly on it with the brake fluid

 

[Nam-uk]

Should never mentioned brake fluid