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rear wheel/back wheel on driver side

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  • colino
    colino Posts: 5,059 Forumite
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    Ignore all of the, "some" garages that you went to. A very common fault on the car and the garage you used slung on an equally duff, scrappy axle replacement.
  • zak2012
    zak2012 Posts: 326 Forumite
    lesalanos wrote: »
    The police wont stop you for this. As long as it passes its MOT then it will be ok.

    Was it a refurbished axle or just one off a scrap car?

    was from scrap car, and i just had new MOT this month, :(
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    lesalanos wrote: »
    As long as it passes its MOT then it will be ok.

    Are you willing to underwrite that comment?
  • Quiet_Spark
    Quiet_Spark Posts: 1,093 Forumite
    lesalanos wrote: »
    As long as it passes its MOT then it will be ok.
    I would imagine you are a back street car dealers dream come true if you truly believe what you have written.

    The MOT test only confirms that the "testable items" were functioning correctly at the time the test was conducted.
    The minute you leave the MOT station, that piece of paper is worthless (and it pretty much tells you that in the small print on the test certificate itself).
    Understeer is when you hit a wall with the front of your car
    Oversteer is when you hit a wall with the back of your car
    Horsepower is how fast your car hits the wall
    Torque is how far your car sends the wall across the field once you've hit it
  • lesalanos
    lesalanos Posts: 863 Forumite
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    Hintza wrote: »
    Are you willing to underwrite that comment?

    How else will the police judge if its ok or not?
  • Stooby2
    Stooby2 Posts: 1,195 Forumite
    If it looks odd from the rear then they could stop it and ask a specially trained traffic officer to come and examine it. It's not difficult to take a few measurements to see if it's out of line or not. Depending on how serious the problem is the OP might just get advised to get it fixed or they could, if deemed dangerous enough, prohibit the car from further use, until it's recovered and repaired.
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,973 Forumite
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    It will scrap the tyres very very quickly. You wasted £250 having a used part fitted.

    Repair kits less than £70 per side and its like new after.
    Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...

  • hartcjhart
    hartcjhart Posts: 9,463 Forumite
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    lesalanos wrote: »
    How else will the police judge if its ok or not?

    they would impound the car and get an engineers report,
    the MOT is only 'at the time of inspection'
    I :love: MOJACAR
  • Stooby2
    Stooby2 Posts: 1,195 Forumite
    they would impound the car and get an engineers report,

    No they wouldn't, there is no power to impound a car for a defect, see my post above.
  • zak2012
    zak2012 Posts: 326 Forumite
    forgotmyname wrote: »
    It will scrap the tyres very very quickly. You wasted £250 having a used part fitted.

    Repair kits less than £70 per side and its like new after.

    I will do tracking, do u guys think tracking will solve this problem?and how much it cost ?can i just do the one which need to be stright,or i have to do all 4 wheels?thanks
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