Front CV Gaitors 'deteriorated' (MOT Advisory)

Crabman

Car passed MOT (yay) but advisory states:

"Nearside Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated [2.5.C.1a]"
(same again for offside)

Best price I've had is £40 + cost of the rubber boots from guy known only as 'beanie' (don't ask). However I've never actually used that place before.

The guy I usually use quoted £60 all in. Does that sound reasonable?

The [strike]stealer[/strike] dealer quoted £325 :eek: :rotfl:

The fact it's an advisory prompted one garage to say there was no hurry to get it done as otherwise it wouldn't have passed the MOT.

From my point of view, it wasn't mentioned on last year's MOT so it seems strange that both have 'deteroriated' over the space of 12 months

If the gaitors do fail I think it involves grease leaking out and the bearings running dry... (correct me if I'm wrong) which means much more expense and possibly a new driveshaft.

I see no point in waiting if it's going to need replacing in the next 12 months or so. Do you folks think it'd be best to get it done fairly soon?

Reason I ask is I'm driving about 300 miles over the weekend and would have more time to sort this out when I'm back.

harveybobbles

Give it a few months to be honest. You could always book a free 48 hour Lexus test drive for your trip lol.

Yes the grease will slowly come out and dry your balls up, so tp speak...

david29dpo

Once the grease comes out the CV joint is history. Its not a big job, £60 sounds ok.

Conor_3

Crabman wrote: »

From my point of view, it wasn't mentioned on last year's MOT so it seems strange that both have 'deteroriated' over the space of 12 months

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. If your car failed on a blown bulb, would you say the same because it passed the last MOT?

Crabman

Conor wrote: »

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. If your car failed on a blown bulb, would you say the same because it passed the last MOT?

No, because a bulb fails suddenly, i.e. one moment it's working, the next it isn't. You'd never find an advisory on the possibility of a bulb blowing unless the filament itself was examined in detail. As far as I know, that doesn't occur during an MOT test

A rubber boot on the end of a driveshaft, on the other hand, doesn't fail on the same principle as a light bulb, hence the issue of an advisory notice.

That part of my post you've quoted is because I'm wondering whether it really is as bad as it sounds (i.e. urgent) because I'm really not sure it's something I need to address in the immediate future.

jeannieblue

If its advisory - then its not urgent, if it was, it would have failed

£60 sounds good to me. No hurry - do it in the New Year. Don't leave it too long so your balls dry out tho - as advised and noted before!!

goldspanners

personally if it was my car i would do it as soon as was possible. i dont see the point in waiting for things to get worse. if the rubber boots have deteriorated then it shouldnt take long for a crack to turn into a split,then the grease gets washed out and replaced by nice gritty water from the road.

bungle4x4

goldspanners wrote: »

personally if it was my car i would do it as soon as was possible. i dont see the point in waiting for things to get worse. if the rubber boots have deteriorated then it shouldnt take long for a crack to turn into a split,then the grease gets washed out and replaced by nice gritty water from the road.

yep, what he says:beer: