MOT related question
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Hi all, as some of you may have read, my car failed its MOT today on a few things, one being a worn wheel bearing.

I had suspisions it was ball joint wear too, so I've swapped the bearing, leaving me with play in the ball joint still. Now, my question is:

On my fails sheet, he hasn't mentioned a worn ball joint, just the bearing, is he still in his power to fail my car over a worn ball joint, despite missing it first time round?

I'm asking because I dont have the tooling for a ball joint, so was going to put it through the test again, get it passed then have the garage do the ball joint. But obviously I don't want him to fail it again on the balljoint and have to go through a full test again...

Tom

The only special tool you need to do the ball joint is a 1 1/2" socket. You can get these for a few quid. Always worth having in your toolbox.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

as john says get the deep socket though makes it easyer, ive had similar before my tester took me down the pit and pointed it out and said he cannot fail me for it but it needs to be done mine was a splitting subframe mount he missed on the test but spotted on the retest

if he is gonna do it for you anyway might aswell get it done pre test then have him pass it?

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You can get the socket for about £6 in halfords so easy to get hold of.

if you know it needs doing then why not do it. From experience, do it as soon as you know it needs doing.

*goes off to look at photos of the previous car that needed the cambelt doing, it'll be fine for this trip to London he said.............:(*

I believe he can fail it on other problems that didn't appear the first time. Most just advise you.
With steering, its worth sorting as it only ends up taking everything else out in the long run.

just fix it. easier and safer.

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

The retest specifcally only looks at the things it failed on. Had to do two of these rescently. It says so on the fail sheet I think....

Ball joints are a piece of cake, just a PITA to get the shimming right.

Taa lads, the intention was to always swap it, just didn't know wether I could get it tested before swapping it and still pass.

i'd fix it anyway;

i'm not sure on the extent of the re-test but I think they are entitled to re-inspect all parts that would have had to be removed to allow the repairs - i'm sure there is a resident tester somewhere on here who can advise

If your going to give him the job anyhow point it out to him and ask if he can do it pre retest just to get him onside, also shows him your not willing to try and pull the wool over his eyes.

I have a good relationship with the garage that tests all my cars based on this principle.

Own the day

Well I swapped the ball joint today, it was a shit load easier then I thought it was going to be which was good. The ball seat didn't want to come out so they had some heat to fetch those out, bastards.

Thanks for the help thou you lot, much apreciated

well done,
sometime's better to just do it....