Failed the MOT on front lower suspension arms, straight ones, what a surprise, garage has replaced them and issued me with a new mot, car now pulls to the left, jumps about when you hit a little bump with either wheel, doesn`t self centralise and if you go to about 3/4 left lock and let go the wheel, it goes round in lovely circles, took it straight back, they say, "Ohhh, it just needs to wear in", I said "B*llocks".
They don`t want to know about it, as far as they`re concerned it`s o/k, I know how my car drives and this aint it
Took it to another mot station today, explained what had gone on, and the checked it for me, they showed me that the ball joints were fine, but the bushings at the other end of the arms seemed to be very soft, giving the arms a lot of sideways movement, they removed both arms and examined them but can`t really put their finger on the cause of the problem.
Both arms seem to be exactly the same shape, although one has a blind tapped hole in the top halfway along its top side
They tried putting the arms on the opposite sides but this made no difference
Phoned my local Mitsi dealer to ask how you identify a right from a left, they didn`t know and they had none in stock to look at
Where do I go from here ??????
Would welcome any suggestions
Many thanks
Danny