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You don't want to be supporting the car under the rear beam, you need to have the car's weight support elsewhere. It's good to have something under the beam/ wheel to just hold it up stop the beam dropping right down, but it can't be supporting the car.
Then as 1812lsd says, clean up the thread...
Most likely some dirty/rubbish/ corrosion on the threads. Get some WD40 or similar on there and leave for a bit to help free it all up a bit. If it gets really tight, I wouldn't recommended just going balls out on the bolt as they can shear. Work the bolt in and out a bit is needed.
How long ago was it done? As silent_scone says, might need a good clear out, could be dampness in the exhaust etc from when it first went t1ts up. Keep an eye on your levels to make sure it's not using coolant or mixing with oil etc.
Definitely sounds like a wheel bearing for sure! If it's on right hand bends I would suggest it was the rear left wheel bearing that is failed. Jack it up and spin the wheel, you should hear it grinding away and spinning freely generally.
Worth doing a leak down/ compression test done? Although being a bit intermittent not sure it's likely to show something, but it's a pretty cheap test that can be done to tick something else off the list of possibles.
Love fuel log! Find it useful for working out how much I need to charge a customer for travel costs nice and easily too! As well as keeping track of things!
Can be done with the ignition off. Engine running just provides the vacuum for servo assistance.
Rest the cap on the top though, as when pumping it can cause the fluid to "blob" up, so will stop it going everywhere should it do it
Go see where the level is. As above get the cap off and check the level. If the piston hasn't moved back out the callipers then the level will still drop a bit once the piston has moved.
Any strange noises being made? (I doubt it...but seen it before....pads in the wrong way round. Yes...friction material facing away from disc)
Pull a wheel off and see if the piston in the callipers have moved back out at all?
Might want to take a look at that link up ^^
Edit: Your aware
This might be of use to you: (but doubt it)
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?615448-Fault-code-3623
As well as the brightness of the bulbs being one of the important factors for being pulled over for them.
A lot of people overlook the fact that they have built in reflectors which are a legal requirement. When tinted like above, I would imagine the reflector is 95% useless.
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