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it was NOT coming from the UJ. If you remember i got up under the dash and had my hand on the UJ while wiggling the wheel. I'm confident that there was play internally on the new rack causing the noise. It's not there when the engine is off, so it's not going to be external
looks like they've thinned the tube too much when they've shaped it to the port, then laid on a thick old bead of weld on. Weakest part of any join is always along the edge of the weld. 172 and 182 were much stronger.
That's weldable IMO, but I'd have it TIG'd rather than try and MIG over the crack
lightening rotational mass is all well and good, but removing a harmonic damper is a bad idea. I've seen engines knock out main bearings with the non damped resonance you get. Also if you look at balancing data, you will always find the flywheel end will have a greater degree of unbalance. all...
seen a lot of pictures of them, and a few up close. Where is it cracked? common places are around the welds at the head flange, and on the welds of the cat
it "should" be weldable, but without seeing it i can't make promises
Jesus, no way they'll have the right tools for it.
I've only ever used the 25mm springs and they work nicely. Not like it's hard to change them back if they're not what you want
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RENAULT-CLIO-MK3-2001-2005-CAMPUS-2006-2009-BONNET-/120764565386?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1c1e21078a#ht_2424wt_1139
£100 to paint it