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Reeder 18-08-10 08:27 PM

Re: Car Trouble
 
Just to make you feel better anyway about your impending cost that you couldn't have prevented...
Other day driving round some country roads, very slowly, barely any traffic and I see a hair on my steering wheel and try to flick it off, but keep missing. I completely lose concentration and drift to the left and smack the only raised curb in about 1 mile around on both my front and back wheels. £180 later and it's fixed... all for a hair on my steering wheel. Stupid idiot I am - completely avoidable!

DarrenSV650S 18-08-10 08:32 PM

Re: Car Trouble
 
ouch. That could have been worse. Are they alloys?

I'm not allowed alloys.

Kilted Ginger 18-08-10 09:03 PM

Re: Car Trouble
 
SOunds pretty much like a wheel bearing, easy to check and cheap to repair.

rowdy 18-08-10 09:12 PM

Re: Car Trouble
 
Wheel bearing can whine, rumble, or just fail. Easy enough to check, if it sounds like a front bearing leave the car out of gear with the handbrake on and get hold of the wheel and give it a damn good shake, if it sounds like a rear leave the handbrake off and the car in gear and give the wheel a good shake. If the bearing is knackered you will feel it knock on the hub.

Don't want to alarm you but I had a rear bearing go on a VW I had years ago. It decided that it would weld itself onto the hub while travelling down the road and snap the wheel and hub clean off!

Reeder 18-08-10 09:21 PM

Re: Car Trouble
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S (Post 2347231)
ouch. That could have been worse. Are they alloys?

I'm not allowed alloys.

Only standard 2004 diesel corsa alloys :)
Both have hugeeeeee scrapes across them... but hey, I like the rough and ready look :rolleyes:

Gordon72 18-08-10 10:24 PM

Re: Car Trouble
 
could also be a brake caliper that has started to seize.
I have had it happen on two cars in the past.Easy to check,Take the wheel off and look at the brake pads,If one side is worn a lot more on one side of the disc then thats what it is.
Hours labour for the garage to give the pistons a clean.
It could also be any of the other problems metioned though!

dirtydog 19-08-10 08:09 AM

Re: Car Trouble
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Kilted Ginger (Post 2347281)
SOunds pretty much like a wheel bearing, easy to check and cheap to repair.

I wish that was always true, needed both rear wheel bearings done on my mondeo for its MOT. Cant just buy the bearing had to buy the whole hub piece at £110 each side. The parts from Ford are over £200 each side :smt120

Quedos 19-08-10 08:56 AM

Re: Car Trouble
 
your wheel bearings have a tendancy to whine, more so, when you are going round corners or even slight knocking. So turn down the music and listen when you go round a roundabout and corners. Should be relatively easy and cheap to replace - I've done it enough times on the Polo

Sid Squid 19-08-10 05:19 PM

Re: Car Trouble
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S (Post 2346941)
Car Trouble

Dirk wears white sox.

DarrenSV650S 19-08-10 06:32 PM

Re: Car Trouble
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Sid Squid (Post 2348129)
Dirk wears white sox.

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Took the bike to work today. Meant to be rain tomorrow though so I'll take the car and maybe pop in to the garage on the way home, see what they think.


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