leon51274
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| posted on 17/7/13 at 01:21 PM |
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IVA Upper ball joint protection
Me Again!
Shortly I will be putting a series of pre iva pics for you guys to comment on. In the meantime whats the general opinion on my upper ball joint
protection for iva, acceptable or not? Its basically a square section of rubber about 4mm thick that has been wrapped in and around with insulation
tape.
 
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MsD
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| posted on 17/7/13 at 01:25 PM |
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From memory the area you have covered is exempt from radius testing. There's a diagram in the manual that should clarify this..
Mark.
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Dick Axtell
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| posted on 17/7/13 at 01:27 PM |
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Interesting point you raised, but also puzzling. My tester never queried my unprotected upper (adjustable) ball joints, because the "sphere of
doom" couldn't get anywhere near them. Hope that remains the case for the re-test.
Work-in-Progress: Changed to Zetec + T9. Still trying!!
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snapper
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| posted on 17/7/13 at 01:58 PM |
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I found some plastic ball joint covers then wrapped the adjuster nut in neoprene then used large shrink wrap
Can't be to carefull I thought
I eat to survive
I drink to forget
I breath to pi55 my ex wife off (and now my ex partner)
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 17/7/13 at 02:02 PM |
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Mine was 2 TRE rubbers back-to-back:
 
IVA 5
Passed fine  , and I've left them there to keep the Cr*p out 
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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mookaloid
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| posted on 17/7/13 at 02:05 PM |
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Not sure if is it a 'testable' bit but I am fairly sure that wrapping stuff with tape is not considered a permanent solution and would
potentially fail on that - if indeed it is in a testable area.
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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daveb666
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| posted on 17/7/13 at 02:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dick Axtell
Interesting point you raised, but also puzzling. My tester never queried my unprotected upper (adjustable) ball joints, because the "sphere of
doom" couldn't get anywhere near them. Hope that remains the case for the re-test.
If it passed the test first time they wont even look at that bit of the car second time.
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whitestu
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| posted on 17/7/13 at 02:18 PM |
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quote:
because the "sphere of doom" couldn't get anywhere near them.
When I did my SVA the tester didn't even use a 'sphere of doom'
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 17/7/13 at 02:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by daveb666
If it passed the test first time they wont even look at that bit of the car second time.
Be careful there! That's what I thought, but my tester found a 'new' non-compliance on my re-test, but luckily I fixed it there and
then. It was nothing to do with the original fail points 
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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daveb666
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| posted on 17/7/13 at 02:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
quote:
Originally posted by daveb666
If it passed the test first time they wont even look at that bit of the car second time.
Be careful there! That's what I thought, but my tester found a 'new' non-compliance on my re-test, but luckily I fixed it there and
then. It was nothing to do with the original fail points
That is very naughty and against what I have read and been led to believe.
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daveb666
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| posted on 17/7/13 at 02:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
quote:
Originally posted by daveb666
If it passed the test first time they wont even look at that bit of the car second time.
Be careful there! That's what I thought, but my tester found a 'new' non-compliance on my re-test, but luckily I fixed it there and
then. It was nothing to do with the original fail points
btw, what was the new non-compliance?
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leon51274
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| posted on 17/7/13 at 04:29 PM |
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Cheers again chaps
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