Cv come mot time

[troy88]

My mrs cv joint has started to click as they do when they're on there way out but its almost mot time. Do i need to fix this before the mot? Or will it be an advisory?

[supernova.629]

It shoild be fine as long as the cv boot isnt split and leeking grease

[troy88]

Ok, cheers mate

[Sturge]

In my experience, ask the garage how much they'd charge to change it, as it's usually pennies compared to the hassle of doing it yourself.

Vectra needed a CV boot for an mot, not sure why they were so expensive but cheapest boot i found was £27, supplied and fitted by the garage was £30, and it wasn't a split boot

As there's very little extra work goes into changing the joint............

[swedge]

joint has to come off if your changing a boot anyway, unless you use one of those crappy glue on things

[John]

I'd replace the joint, sounds like its going to fail soon anyway :)

[swedge]

joints arent that expensive anyway

[Southie]

joints arent that expensive anyway
http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/smoke/smiley-rolling-joint.gif

[Sturge]

joint has to come off if your changing a boot anyway, unless you use one of those crappy glue on things

Can stretch them over the joint using a cone, or air powered fingers :)

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRT9724dPGLbzFEPqYsRVtBeQLlFx49M g2JoTZxcOrLj0TUHkg9 or http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTkFA2U8xaG5_k9WohR7ZJH740HY27hZ 6_0M7DZ02WTt7OsMIs4kQ:thumb:

[troy88]

Cheers guys, but its not the boot, its the actual cv. Im just going to change it anyway. Thanks for all the advise

[Sturge]

Yeah we know that, we just got distracted lol , point was there's very little extra work to change the joint :)

[troy88]

Aww ok, I will let you lot off then :plol

[Sturge]

Try TC Juners off Ferry Road, used to always be very reasonable :)