MOT failure- what to do next?

mikey72

BigDee2 wrote: »

Thanks to all for the advice.

Torque wrench...can't see to locate one on the internet that will do 226Nm for the hub nut (apart from the £80 Halfords one). Any ideas?
The max is 210Nm from the Screwfix one that was recommended in an earlier post. This would have been ideal.

Cheers.

That's not a lot of difference tbh. You can actually turn the adjuster slightly past the 210 marking, but the calibration won't be guaranteed. It's only 7% more though. You may have to tighten it up slightly more anyway to get the catellated cover and split pin to line up.

Flying-High_2

I'd use the elcheapo one set at 210nm... Then hang off it with a breaker bar to nip it up higher...

You'll be fine.

I have Draper T Wrenches at home and Teng in work as its used more often and stays well within its calibration.

asbokid

BigDee2 wrote: »

Thanks to all for the advice.

Torque wrench...can't see to locate one on the internet that will do 226Nm for the hub nut (apart from the £80 Halfords one). Any ideas?
The max is 210Nm from the Screwfix one that was recommended in an earlier post. This would have been ideal.

Cheers.

go for the screwfix torque wrench at £16.99 inc. 20% VAT.

it's easy enough to set the wrench to 210Nm and then to tighten a bit more, up to ~226Nm. It relies on a click sound to indicate when you've reached the correct torque, rather than the slipping type which wouldn't let you over-torque, IYSWIM.

Have you got all the other tools you need?

A decent socket set?
A set of good ring/open ended spanners,
the coil spring compressors (screwfix sell these too for £14.99 inc. 20% VAT).
Can see you've got a jack, and presumably you've got some axle stands.
Long breaker bar
Ball Joint Splitter
Cold chisels and punches can be useful for this sort of job.. (A set of 12 from Screwfix is £11.29)
A nice big pot of grease.. £3 from your local factors
An even bigger pot of Swarfega.
A pocket full of split pins

What else?

chrisfreelander54

shame u aint in the staffordshire area, i woulda done it for a drink as i love playing with cars, and have the necessary tools to do the job, no probs dead straight forward. Hope u can get it sorted.

Go to www.eurocarparts.com and enter your reg in the yellow box that resembles a number plate, then search for the parts u require, as 99% of garages use euro for their parts.

This way you can get a roug idea of prices for parts.

As for hourly labour, most garages charge roughly £25 per hour locally. Dunno about prices where u live though,

Hope this helps Chris.

which ever way u do it plz kept this classic on the road....

BigDee2

Flying-High wrote: »

I'd use the elcheapo one set at 210nm... Then hang off it with a breaker bar to nip it up higher...

You'll be fine.

I have Draper T Wrenches at home and Teng in work as its used more often and stays well within its calibration.

Thanks. The Screwfix one will do nicely.

BigDee2

A decent socket set? = Yes
A set of good ring/open ended spanners = Yes
the coil spring compressors (screwfix sell these too for £14.99 inc. 20% VAT) = No. Will buy. Ebay.
Can see you've got a jack, and presumably you've got some axle stands. = Yes, got both.
A two foot breaker bar = No. Will buy. Ebay.
Cold chisels and punches can be useful for this sort of job.. (A set of 12 from Screwfix is £11.29) = No. Will consider.
A nice big pot of grease.. £3 from your local factors = Yes.
An even bigger pot of Swarfega. = Oh Yes.
A pocket full of split pins = No. Will buy from Motor Factors.

Other stuff:

Hub nut - from Toyota.
Hub nut socket = once bought will know what size to buy.
Ball joint separator = To buy.
CV Boot kit (stretchy) = To buy. Ebay.
Torque wrench = To buy. Screwfix.

Phew. Can't think of anything else.

Cheers.

BigDee2

chrisfreelander54 wrote: »

shame u aint in the staffordshire area, i woulda done it for a drink as i love playing with cars, and have the necessary tools to do the job, no probs dead straight forward. Hope u can get it sorted.

Go to www.eurocarparts.com and enter your reg in the yellow box that resembles a number plate, then search for the parts u require, as 99% of garages use euro for their parts.

This way you can get a roug idea of prices for parts.

As for hourly labour, most garages charge roughly £25 per hour locally. Dunno about prices where u live though,

Hope this helps Chris.

which ever way u do it plz kept this classic on the road....

Thanks. The eurocarparts website is very good.

Thanks also for the offer to help out with the work, unfortunately I'm too far :-( Nice of you.

Not really sure what the labour charges are around here.

Cheers.

BigDee2

The Toyota dealer do not stock the hub nuts. They had to order it and will arrive in 2-3 days. They said that they had stock problems due to the Japan earthquake. They also couldn't tell me the nut size from their parts computer system, which I thought was strange. Cost £2.22 inc. Bargain !

I ordered the shock absorber and the (stretchy) gaiter kit inc cone, from sellers on ebay which were recommended to me.

Other stuff will probably be purchased from Screwfix and local Motor Factors.

Queries:
Where would I use the "Cold chisels and punches" for this work?
Where would I use the "A nice big pot of grease"? (The gaiter kit as this included)

Thanks.

BigDee2

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asbokid

BigDee2 wrote: »

The Toyota dealer do not stock the hub nuts. They had to order it and will arrive in 2-3 days. They said that they had stock problems due to the Japan earthquake. They also couldn't tell me the nut size from their parts computer system, which I thought was strange. Cost £2.22 inc. Bargain !

typical main dealer! you might be able to work out the size of the nut from the CV joint kits listed on ebay. most of them include a nut.

I ordered the shock absorber and the (stretchy) gaiter kit inc cone, from sellers on ebay which were recommended to me.

Are going to fit a s/h strut, or put a new shock on your old strut?

Other stuff will probably be purchased from Screwfix and local Motor Factors.

Queries:
Where would I use the "Cold chisels and punches" for this work?

Hopefully you won't need them. Surprisingly useful though, for jobs like knocking out corroded bolts that have fused solid, that sort of thing.

Where would I use the "A nice big pot of grease"? (The gaiter kit as this included)

I like greasing fixings as I remove them so that working on the components next time will be easier. WD40 is probably good enough for that though. The grease in the CV boot kit is better quality, normally it's high temperature lithium grease, but they don't give you much of it.