13-07-2016, 07:32 PM
So, little update today.
Have replaced the numberplate lamps as they kept falling out... In hindsight I could've got away with just using bigger screws, didn't realise how they were fixed until after buying. Oh well, they look cleaner anyway lol.
![[Image: mJci4Vg.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/mJci4Vg.jpg)
![[Image: yPnSWfB.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/yPnSWfB.jpg)
Missed the mileage milestone...gutted!
![[Image: s4ht7hO.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/s4ht7hO.jpg)
But the best part, finally got that shock replaced! Realised the best way to remove a rounded bolt was to...let Bash do it with fire and a different 10mm extractor than mine...surprising how easy it is with the right tools and years of experience lol.
![[Image: mXPkuv2.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/mXPkuv2.jpg)
Rear end feels better now (not something I can say often!
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However with the MOT due in September I asked him to give it a quick check while up on the ramp.
![[Image: WI9R8fK.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/WI9R8fK.jpg)
Slight exhaust blow from a knackered clamp where the Milltek catback joins the cat an advisory.
Rusty solid brake pipe - been advised on last 2 MOTs but looks like a fail this time.
Flexi pipe at a stupid angle and rubbing the spring, looks like Stevie Wonder fitted it tbh, never seen so much bend on one!! Cheap I guess, and fairly easy to replace. The brakes are pretty awful anyway, knew they needed a fluid change so a hose or 2 isn't the end of the world.
But the worst one is the wheel bearing, quite embarrassed by it tbh. It's silent when spun, but there's loads of movement in it, I had wrongly assumed it was something else causing the knocking and movement but appears it's actually the wheel about to fall off, it's not even the one I thought was bearing was knackered on previously...
So that kinda needs sorting urgently, that's probably also the reason it wanders in a straight line at speed, I'd been blaming the stupid low profile and wide tyres...
Have replaced the numberplate lamps as they kept falling out... In hindsight I could've got away with just using bigger screws, didn't realise how they were fixed until after buying. Oh well, they look cleaner anyway lol.
![[Image: mJci4Vg.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/mJci4Vg.jpg)
![[Image: yPnSWfB.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/yPnSWfB.jpg)
Missed the mileage milestone...gutted!
![[Image: s4ht7hO.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/s4ht7hO.jpg)
But the best part, finally got that shock replaced! Realised the best way to remove a rounded bolt was to...let Bash do it with fire and a different 10mm extractor than mine...surprising how easy it is with the right tools and years of experience lol.
![[Image: mXPkuv2.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/mXPkuv2.jpg)
Rear end feels better now (not something I can say often!
![lol lol](https://www.306oc.co.uk/forum/images/smilies/legacy/lol.gif)
However with the MOT due in September I asked him to give it a quick check while up on the ramp.
![[Image: WI9R8fK.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/WI9R8fK.jpg)
Slight exhaust blow from a knackered clamp where the Milltek catback joins the cat an advisory.
Rusty solid brake pipe - been advised on last 2 MOTs but looks like a fail this time.
Flexi pipe at a stupid angle and rubbing the spring, looks like Stevie Wonder fitted it tbh, never seen so much bend on one!! Cheap I guess, and fairly easy to replace. The brakes are pretty awful anyway, knew they needed a fluid change so a hose or 2 isn't the end of the world.
But the worst one is the wheel bearing, quite embarrassed by it tbh. It's silent when spun, but there's loads of movement in it, I had wrongly assumed it was something else causing the knocking and movement but appears it's actually the wheel about to fall off, it's not even the one I thought was bearing was knackered on previously...
![Confused Confused](https://www.306oc.co.uk/forum/images/smilies/confused.png)
![Dodgy Dodgy](https://www.306oc.co.uk/forum/images/smilies/dodgy.png)