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LOL, how about we just arrange it without asking the bbc. Just get everyone to turn up near there when they are filming unexpectedly. If 50 renaultsports turned up out of the blue they would get a bit of a shock.

Could be something like that then - I've got some new wheels to put on and that will show if thats the case. I may have a few flat spots TBH as my car locks up really easily in the wet and have had that happen a couple of times unexpectedly. I know for a fact though that the previous bearing...

LOL. A couple of possible captions: "Mike (if thats him in the photo) shows everyone his extreme strength by lifting a car with only a finger through a wheel bolt hole" or "If I give this just one more push you won't be laughing anymore" to whoevers car it is. Sorry - just what popped...

Cheers bud the help is much appreciated.

Hadn't seen this response when I posted my last reply. I think it's probably about right TBH but just don't want to damage anything.

OK i'll do that (see if one of my mates has a torque wrench that'll go to a high enough torque. In the meantime will I do any damage driving the car if it's slightly too tight or loose?

I was just wondering what will be the case if you 1) overtighten the hubnut on your ...car? or 2) undertighten the hubnut? I was justwondering as I have recently replaced my hub but don't know if the nut has been done too tight ot too loose. I know I mentioned this in another thread a few...

Right here we go again. Having refitted th e new hub and bearing there is what seems a very slight noise still - similar to that of a bearing going. I'm not sure if it's just me being paranoid or if the noise is actually there. Is there anything I may have done (or not done) when refitting...

Ok, I'll try the different alloys tomorrow but I'm not sure if they have been balanced properly or not. If the vibrations still there I'll get them re-balanced and the tracking done. How much should they cost?

I've read in a lot of places that vibration can be caused by the wheels not being balanced and so I'm going to put a set of alloys that have been balanced (siting in the garage) on and see what it's like then. If it's still vibrating I'll take it to a garage and get them to check the disc -...

oops. I posted this in the wrong section - had meant to put it in clio discussion. Could a mod please move it for me to wherever they feel it would be most appropriate to put it.

I have a Mk1 Ph2 1.4RT Clio and was just wondering roughly how much you think I could reasonably expect to get for it. The car is a 1996 N reg in Naples Red. It is currently on 68,000 miles. The engine runs sweet as a nut and it's just been serviced including timing belt, spark plugs, oil and...

I've just been out for a wee drive - up and down a stip of the bypass a few times. The vibration kicks in at about 60 to 65 mph an it just gradually gets worse as your speed increases from there. If you touch the brakes at all at these speeds you can feel a vibration through the pedals but the...

I think that might be what the drivers side is doin actually would that cause this?? How do I go about checking the discs properly or should I just take the car to a garage and could they check? Sory bud but I don't really follow your description about the driveshaft. Where am I to check if...

Sorry - not up on all the technical terms - what do you mean by the run out of the discs and how can I check that? How can I check if it's the cv joints on the driveshaft? One thing I have noticed is that if you have the car jacked up and you rotate the passenger side wheel the brake pads...

Recently I have been getting a sort of vibration in the steering of my car (Mk1 1.4RT) when reaching speeds of about 70 or 80 mph and also some vibration in the brake pedal. I had been brought to believe this was caused by a wheel bearing that was needing replaced but having replaced it the...

I'll probably try and lossen the strut top bolts myself and then if they aint budging (I won't push my luck and risk rounding them) then I will take it to a garage. u33db - What did you do - just get the garage to lossen them and then re-tighten them so that you could drive home and then get...

lol, well I should be off on sunday part of monday and part of tuesday but I have some other things I need to do as well. I'll be doing it myself though somay take a while longer. I'll be getting my old man to leave his car at home (i'll just give him a lift to the train station as he usually...

I would say it's definately possible to do but I don't know of any particualr kits etc. It would probably just involve doing what Vinnyc19 said and I'm sure there will be some companies local to you who know their stuff with hydraulics and would be able to set it up for you.

Joel - when you said that on the quote with bell they said you would have to phone them was that with a quote under your name or your mums name? If it was under your mums name try it uinder your own because I know that they normally ask you to phone them if you are putting a younger driver as...

About the mods mate - just put them in on the quote if it's with elephant you are getting a quote as they normally allow you to get a price including mods online. Did you try bell? As I said they are a lot cheaper than elephant for me - and they also allow you to enter mods online. They may...

I would say no on most cars but occasionaly I've seen them on really nice cars and they actually look OK - but I think they look stupid on the shitty little chav cars. What do people think of interior neons - in the footwell and things. Again I have seen photos of these on in somew cars and...

anyone klnow anything about the clutch screech? Mine (mk1 1.4RT) sometimes makes a screeching noise when changing gears. The noise only lasts for about a second but I don't know what causes it or whether it indicates that there is a problem that needs sorting. It also appears to happen...

As this guy says. Unless you have scraped the poweder coating off the bottom of the rocker cover then it probably won't for a proper seal and you will get oil leaking out. I had oil leaking into the spark plug area on mine (A mk1 1.4RT) and there was a load of old oil aroung the rocker cover...

I was just wondering how long generally it takes people to lower their car. By this I mean fitting new springs to the front and lowering the torsion bar (Mk1 1.4RT) as I hope to do this next week as I have some free time but I really NEED the car for the weekend after so just want to check I...

Just dragging this post up again. So I take it that I don't have to worry about the thermostat or the drain plug on the back of the engine? Is it necessary to remove the front bumber on an RT? I can't look just now because I'm at Uni and my car is at home. So what I should do is...

I know I was well and truly ripped off mate but there was nothing I could do about it as he had already done the job by the time I realised thats the price he was charging. I didn't know you could get the bearing so cheap from GSF though (do they have a webiste?) As I say when he said £30 I...

Well I always get much cheaper quotes from Bell. I didn;t realise they were sister compannies. Are there any more other than Elephant/Admiral/Bell?

Just to update you on what happend. I had some new bearings put in the hub I got from the scrappis and I have now refitted it to the car. I was really annoyed though when I went to get the bearings put in the hub. I spoke to the garage and asked about the price to get some new bearings...

Try www.bell.co.uk mate. I've had a quote of £1000 tpft with them for a valver and I am 18 with no NCD so I am sure you could get it cheaper still.