Mot Failure

[DaDangerMan]

need help car failed mot. says rear tyres are rubbing on axle?

he has said could be bushes. could get smaller tyres or rear axle of my other saxo. or could i just et spacers for the rear?

if so could someone link me to a cheap set. and what mm do i need?

[jw1325]

Dude - smaller tyres are not gonna fix this

what he means is you axle is basically falling to pieces and a bit had come off and is lying against your tyres.

This is dangerous - could end up with a blow out or something.

[AL3X_]

Yeah I assume he means the axle is knackered causing the tyre to hit the arch, unsurehow exactly it could be hitting the axle itself?

If its as I thought, its the trailing arm bearings that are fooked not the bushes, I wouldn't bodge it with smaller tyres or spacers, I'd use your other axle or get a rebuilt one from IMAxles. :y:

[Gabbastard]

fubar axle. As said, buy a new one.

[devilsadvocate]

If the inner wall of the tyres is rubbing on the arch then your axle is shagged and you need a new one, refurb or 2nd hand.

[Moke]

This happened on my first VTR.

Defo get a new axle mate :y:

[DaDangerMan]

im repeating what he said is all. yer he said the inner wall is rubbing.
i have a lowered vts spare so could i swap them over. the car which failed mot was my furio.

what happens with the drum to disk upgrade

[sam_16v]

im repeating what he said is all. yer he said the inner wall is rubbing.
i have a lowered vts spare so could i swap them over. the car which failed mot was my furio.

what happens with the drum to disk upgrade

you need the brake pipes that go between the caliper and flexi hose plus you will need disc brake handbrake cable

[Tringaling]

Sounds safe! :D

[LSOfreak]

where is it actually scraping? if you need spacers on aftermarket wheels it can scrape the arb end plate. what wheels are they? check for play in the rear wheels

[DaDangerMan]

right i changed the front and rear wheels around i have vts alloys. the back tyres that where rubbing where 195/50/15 and swapped for front which where smaller and cleared where is was originall scraping on the suspension arm by like 8mm . so i took it back and it flew through. thanks for all the replies people :)

[Moke]

Good job you spotted da danger man, before it got worse.

:detective:

[Brettles1986]

right i changed the front and rear wheels around i have vts alloys. the back tyres that where rubbing where 195/50/15 and swapped for front which where smaller and cleared where is was originall scraping on the suspension arm by like 8mm . so i took it back and it flew through. thanks for all the replies people :)

Saved yourself a small fortune there mate :y:

[Heftydanielson]

right i changed the front and rear wheels around i have vts alloys. the back tyres that where rubbing where 195/50/15 and swapped for front which where smaller and cleared where is was originall scraping on the suspension arm by like 8mm . so i took it back and it flew through. thanks for all the replies people :)

Wow, that cured the problem of a fooked read end..

End worry there. :panic:

[chinabluegti]

love how you were just gonna buy smaller tyres......yeh that will solve the problem haha

[DaDangerMan]

the problem in hand was it wouldnt pass mot and changing the tyres made it pass its mot .

[devilsadvocate]

Wow, that cured the problem of a fooked read end..

End worry there. :panic:

If he had a buggered rear end then it still shouldn't have passed an MOT, regardless of the size of the tyres he stuck on.

Either his axle is fine and it simply needed smaller tyres (for some reason) or the MOT tested was lazy/stupid

[DaDangerMan]

the mot tester is very strict (known for it). he was examining my rear axle so if it was fubbered surely he woul of noticed? plus he was checking for play on the rear wheels aswell. either way i have a saxo again with 12 months mot and think im going to keep it again as i changed exhaust for mot and like the car again lol

[devilsadvocate]

the mot tester is very strict (known for it). he was examining my rear axle so if it was fubbered surely he woul of noticed? plus he was checking for play on the rear wheels aswell. either way i have a saxo again with 12 months mot and think im going to keep it again as i changed exhaust for mot and like the car again lol

If there was enough play for the tyre to be rubbing on the arch then it would be an instant fail, regardless of the size of the tyres.

I suspect it was another issue and your axle is fine.

[Nik_L]

Any MOT tester that dosn't know about French cars and there axles, shouldn't be doing MOT's imo.

In this case he probably does know about them, just people on here are jumping on the "your axles fucked" bandwaggon.

If it failed on the axle, it would have been something like "rear trailing arm has excessive play in a pin/bearing"