springs and shocks

[General Baxter]

right you lot know i have really really short springs,

when i jack up the front the springs falls away from its mountings!


now if i cable tie the springs to the mounts (which i have done) the springs dont come loose anymore,

would this pass mot ? lol

[AlexW]

Didnt adam? (Or somone else) have a problem with the MOT when the car was lifted that the springs came away from the mounts?

[General Baxter]

but technically mine dont anymore lol

[Graeme]

Sorry to sound stupid, I didn't think the wheels were off the floor during an mot, I thought they were required to test on a four post ramp therfore the car is always sat on its wheels

[General Baxter]

how they test the wheel bearings then ? lol

tbh i doubt it would get up on a ramp lol

[Adam]

They put a massive bottle type jack under the chassis to lift the wheels off the floor, and then check clearences/wheel bearings/steering etc...

If there not loose they should be ok, my tester had a bit of a moan because the coilover spring on my Avos were a tad loose at full extension. I wound them up an inch, problem solved lol

[Jack]

The front of the car SHOULD be jacked up for an MOT - says so in the manual. A reason for rejection is "excessive movement" in suspension components, so yes it should fail.

[General Baxter]

do they do the rears ? lol

[Jay]

do they do the rears ? lol

Yes.

[Adam]

They'll raise the rear and if the springs are stupid low, or the dampers arent short piston jobbies, the springs will fall out.... lol

[General Baxter]

lol, belt time lol

[Adam]

Proper suspension time lol