Back Plates. Rotten.
Brake Lines. Rotten.
Brake Flexis. Perished.
Brake Shoes. Worn.
Brake Drums. Worn.
And this is many peoples only Annual inspection and some vehicles aren’t even required to have it!
*sigh
Category: Hall of shame
One for you syncro owners..
Usual thing, what starts as a simple job soon spreads, can of worms truly opened!
This started as changing a rear wheel cylinder, then a link pipe, then a flexy, then the pipe above the gearbox that’s hidden by the front nose cone.
Luckily all parts in stock and soon remedied!
Spot the difference.
Customer came today with “a horrible vibration” [snigger] on his T3 Syncro TDI, luckily for him we sorted his mounting and lifted his engine back up where it’s meant to be and not sitting on the under tray.
Still Think tyre load ratings don’t matter?
We see it all the time on online discussions… “I dont need to worry about load ratings, as I never fully load my Camper”.
These are car rated tyres. Rated “88” which is a MAX of 580kg per tyre – 1060kg for the axle.
Fitted to a relatively lightweight T3 Multivan… not a full camper.
The plated maximum axle weights are 1200kg and 1300kg for the front and rear respectively… so a rating of 98 on the rear and 90 on the front as a minimum.
Radius Rod Bushes… Just about the worst we’ve ever seen!
Well, we sometimes see some funny things…
But we’ve never seen anyone growing onions on their dashboard before!
And the worrying thing is…
This was taxed until 6 months ago!
Uh oh.
Dear 16″ syncro owner, I’m afraid it’s like this….
All is not lost though…
🙂
One new set of New 16″ Syncro trailing arms on the shelf ready to go!
How not to fit a ball joint!
Customer paid for a job doing at his local garage, now he’s paying again for us to fit another properly.
Rotten radius rod.
This is what lurks beneath your radius rod bushes. All too familiar tale here, changing these things is becoming a weekly occurrence. Trouble is that this rot has already nibbled the front Cross member resulting in a nice little welding job before we can rebuild it.
The hole in the Cross member should be round! Eek!