Failed MOT due to CV Gators?

[andrewrobert87]

went for MOT today, failed due to both CV drive shaft gators not being secured to the housing?? i'm asuming they meant they have come loose because of those bloody clips lol they said, asloing as they can attacth them back on, i'm lookin at about 30 qid, unless they need new CV boots. anyone else had this problem latley?

 

[Budgie]

Can happen at anytime..

For £30, i'd have them do the work. It's a messy PITA.

 

[andrewrobert87]

ye, plus i cant tax the thing till its passes, lol just hope its a simple fix and no complications, but knowin the clio, theres gonna be some lol

 

[W17GLE]

I had the same problem on my old one just get the garage to sort it unless you like getting your hands dirty.

 

[Djw John]

Easy enough fix, you can get a 'Laser' (crap make yeah, but who cares!) tool and metal cv boot clips for about a tenner in Maccess, doesnt take long to do but gloves are a good idea!

 

[andrewrobert87]

ye all the grease from the boot has gone all over the place they said, aslong as they fix them i dont care lol just always comes at a time where you have no money!

 

[Scott S]

This happened to my car at some point before I bought it...... Took absoloutley ages to clean the grease from inside of the wheel.

Had to clean a load of grease from the 172 wheel I am selling for what I presume was the same reason.

No doubt the garage won't clean the wheel (they have no reason to) so be prepared to get cleaning.

 

[metalmulisha598]

ive had mine on a ramp the other day and noticed the clip was broke on mine and i also had that horrible grease everywhere, all i did was got a big jubilee clip and put it in place of the broke one. cost bout 2 quid and about 10mins. just make sure you wear gloves as the grease will not come off your hands without a decent industrial cleaner.

hope this helps

 

[Fred@BTM]

standard, 2 jubilee clips, 1 on each side, done