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ian_s:
i just put my 'normal car' in for an MOT today and it failed on a suspension bush
i've had it up on my ramps tonight and i cannot find any play in any of the bushes
i've used the biggest levers i can find in as many places as i can fit them, and the offending side moves no more than the other side which passed ok

what i want to do is take it to another MOT garage and get a second opinion as i think the garage i took it to just want money from me
but
will the computerised MOT system tell the second garage what it failed on?

ian_s:
its a 2003 seat ibiza
stupidly i took it into the seat garage for its MOT
it also failed on its front brake pads being pretty much non existent, which is fair
the guy was shocked when i laughed at him for suggesting i should book the car in to get the work done

ian_s:
no yellow marks on it
its going in to alans test centre once i have done the brakes

carbore:
One question, you say you "put it on ramps", but to check the bushes I would suggest the wheel and suspension needs to be free/uncompressed.   Thats becuase the load from the car will make the bush "stick" so you wont move it with any amount of force. Also I also suggest both sides need to be jacked and free as your suspension set up could transfer load form one side to another, e.g anti roll or torsion bars.

Be careful if yo do this e.g. put it on stands as you will need a lot of force to test this effectively and you could pull the vehicle off the stands.

ben_haynes:

--- Quote from: carbore on September 23, 2008, 09:12:50 ---One question, you say you "put it on ramps", but to check the bushes I would suggest the wheel and suspension needs to be free/uncompressed.   Thats becuase the load from the car will make the bush "stick" so you wont move it with any amount of force. Also I also suggest both sides need to be jacked and free as your suspension set up could transfer load form one side to another, e.g anti roll or torsion bars.

Be careful if yo do this e.g. put it on stands as you will need a lot of force to test this effectively and you could pull the vehicle off the stands.

--- End quote ---

on VW's, Audi's, Seat's and Scoda's you will see the bushes are knackered on the front lower arms and you will be able to feel them with the vehicle flat on the ground or an a 4 poster ramp, i think it is Seat trying it on

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