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Fri 21 Mar 2008 09:40

2001 HDi - MoT question about gaiters. - scfc_151

mot time and i was wondering if a tester could fail the faollowing:

My steering rack has some play in it which ive known about for a while. However a quy at a local garage when he 1st looked said its not bad enough to fail an mot.

The thing that concerns is that i replaced the inner rack end joint but because the gaiter split when I pulled it back i fixed it by making good of what was there.

Is it an mot failure if the gaiter on teh joint is split or even missing?

thanks

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Fri 21 Mar 2008 10:31

mot question - Simon

If the gaiter is split then it should fail the MOT.

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Fri 21 Mar 2008 10:42

mot question - scfc_151

thought as much

is there any way of getting a new gaiter on the rack without taking it of or should i bite the bullet and get a recon rack?

ive got prices of around £120 for a recon does that sound reasonable?

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Fri 21 Mar 2008 12:16

mot question - Simon

Well depending on what car we are talking about and how easy the access to the steering rack is the general way of doing them is to remove the track rod end completely from the steering rack tie rod, unclip the old gaiter and slide it off, slide the new gaiter on and secure it, then refit the track rod end.

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