Track Rod End Ball Joint Has Excessive Play Cost

I feel as though i have been ripped off because i watched the mechanic do his job and all he did was tighten some bolts and connected a lazer device to the car to see if both rear and front.

Track rod end ball joint has excessive play cost.

As you will need to work under the front of the car jack up that end and support it on axle stands placed under chassis members. I have my mot coming up soon and last year i had a few advisory s i just wanted to know are these easy fixes and what the costs could be for them to be sorted. Secondly front brakes only just met the front brake imbalance requirements. Offiside is always the side furthest from the curb meaning drivers side near side is curb side passenger side by the looks of that you are defo attacking it right.

Right firstly the front nearside and offside track rod end ball joints have slight play. Remove the front wheels. Make sure that the handbrake is on firmly and put chocks behind the rear wheels. The spanner does go on the track rod and the other spanner does go on the ball joint.

The garage said the offside track rod end ball joint has excessive play. Mot track rod end ball joint excessive play actually the screws and the hub have both reacted with atmosphere s oxygen regarding the drilling out assuming they are m8 and since m8 pitch is 1 25 you should use a 6 75 bit. The position of the ball joints on the track rod ends determines the front wheel track the amount of toe in or toe out. It would appear the braking system requires adjustment or repair.

My clio mk2 2000 has failed mot for track rod end ball joint has excessive play offside poss tie rod also 2 2 b 1f so i decided to sort it out myself.