Re: Rear Bushes 414.


<danny_deever2000@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> shazzbat wrote:
> > <danny_deever2000@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:1126095136.291527.6610@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > David Taylor wrote:
> > >
> > > > It doesn't matter WHAT goes wrong if it fails, if it's
> > > > on the rather short list of things poked on an MOT, its required
> > > > for the legal MINIMUM level of safety -- fix it!
> > >
> > > Windscreen washers? Readable Vin numbers? Registration Plates? Number
> > > plate lights?
> > >
> > > If the consequence of a failure doesn't matter then you're saying that
> > > the above are as important as an unsafe fuel line or a leaking master
> > > cyclinder. God help you if you ever see a car with mud on a VIN plate
> > > and leaking fuel line! You'd burn to death as you polished up the VIN
> > > number!!!!
> > >
> > > The consequences *are* important. I suspect ******'s bushes are more
> > > important than an empty windscreen washer bottle!
> > >
> >
> >
> > Of course if you want a more reasonable, less rabid answer to your
original
> > question, here it is -
> >
> > *
> > Mate with 414's asked me what happens if his completely collapse. (the
> > were an advisory on his MOT 6 months ago so presumably are pretty bad.)
> >
> > So what happens if they finally fall right apart? Trip to the morgue or
> > dodgy handling 'till the next MOT or somewhere In between?
> > *
> > That isn't going to happen. If they were an advisory on his test, that
means
> > there's a tiny amount of wear, or possibly age cracking etc.
> >
> > Before they fall right apart, to use your own term, they would have to
be
> > absolutely trashed. Before they were totally trashed they would have
already
> > failed one if not several mot tests. Your friend would also have
dreadful
> > knocking/banging noises that he wouldn't be able to ignore. There would
also
> > be the poor handling/abnormal tyre wear which others have mentioned.
> >
> > But these things are designed so that they don't fall right apart until
> > things are really excessive. Otherwise they'd be flying apart, causing
> > accidents, getting the manufacturers sued etc.
> >
> > If there was any danger, he wouldn't have got an advise, it would have
> > failed. On a scale of knackeredness, an advise comes as soon as any play
or
> > wear is noticeable. An mot fail comes a long way before the other
symptoms
> > mentioned, which in turn come a long time before total failure. So tell
him
> > not to panic.
> >
> > Having said that though, the best course of action would be to get the
> > bushes changed.
>
> Many thanks, Steve. That's exactly the sort of reasoned response I was
> looking for. Just gave him a bell and read it to him verbatum.
>
> Since the next MOT is only 6 months away and he's sure he's gonna keep
> the car he'd pretty much already decided to get it booked in soon but
> he's driving down to Cornwall this weekend and wanted to be sure it
> didn't have to go in *immediately*.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Hope you don't mind if I stay around to tease the pond life, a bit!!!
>

Someone should. Mind out for the randomly flapping wheels though, dangerous
they are :-))

Steve


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