Mot advisory - Fix it now ????

P3

My latest mot has this advisory, I have previously experience and wonder if I should fix it now or wait until it fail mot. Will it be cheaper to fix it now??? Or will it be the same repair when it fail mot? 

In 2013
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar has slight play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)

In 2014
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)

Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)

Replace/repair both Front anti roll bar linkage £109

In 2021
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint has slight play (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Thanks

caprikid1

I like to try and do advisories where possible, avoids a failure next year and demonstrates to future buys the car is maintained.

I have even had a pre-mot and fixed advisories before the MOT

Goudy

I'd fix it now.
Nothing to do with the MOT but if they aren't aleady, worn droplinks will soon start knocking, rattling and annoying me.

angrycrow

Once the link gets really worn it will start to make a horrible clunking noise over bumps, on some cars it can sound like it's coming from the rear despite it being the front drop link that has failed. 

It's one of those jobs that can take a few minutes or hours depending on whether the nuts seize.

I actually replaced mine yesterday, one side was 30 mins start to finish. The other side was an hour and a half due to a seized nut. 

The price you paid last time of £109 for both was really good. 

Don't be tempted to buy cheap drop links off eBay or Amazon there are a lot of fakes out there that will only last a short period of time before failing again. 

lemondrops69

So long as its actually worn .I had two advisories, both split gaiter on the the anti roll bar, decided to change them, guess what? Not split at all. Easy few quid for the garage if I'd let them change them