Failed M.O.T

[neversaydie]

******,

Well I went down to my local garage to get my prestigious M.O.T and the ****** car failed!

I need a new part on the offside steering rack (the ball and pin part /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif ).

Can anybody show me what the part looks like. Maybe some helpful ***.net member may have the VW/Audi diagram software (forget what they call it).

Thanking you kindly in advance.

Oh and did I forget to mention the car also failed on my petrol cap?

I must have left it at my last petrol re-fill - Sigh!

 

[RichA3Turbo]

Sounds like the tie rods to me. About £40 per side. Petrol cap...ive done that before! luckily it was still sat where i left it!

Rich

 

[neversaydie]

Dont think its the tie rods - they said its the part that sits under the main steering rack gaitor on the off side (drivers side).

 

[HTC]

Looking at the image below. If its only the track rod end then it'll be item no.1. If its the trackrod complete thats the prob, it'll be items 1 & 6.

You can get the tie rod ends from GSF Car Parts for about £10 and £35 ish for the track rod. Up to you where you get them from of course.

LOL about the petrol cap you numpty!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[neversaydie]

Thaks HTC - looks like the complete assembely 1&6 then.

 

[neversaydie]

Oh and is £138.84 good for parts, labour and wheel alignment?

 

[neversaydie]

Is this the image for the steering though as stated in above posts?

Cheers

 

[DaveACQ20v]

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Oh and did I forget to mention the car also failed on my petrol cap?

I must have left it at my last petrol re-fill - Sigh!

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only kiddin m8.
that price sounds ok /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ok.gif

 

[neversaydie]

Cheers /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif

 

[benk]

I always stand the petrol cap on the petrol flap using the 2 little gaps in the cap. No way you can forget it that way, but I guess that some people might not want to do this in case the cap leaks some fuel onto the paintwork on the flap.

 

[neversaydie]

I think I will strap it to my head in future!

 

[IanL-RS3]

my petrol cap is attached by a wee bit of plastic so unless it breaks - cant' really lose it! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif