jonathanbrook
Member
Registered: 28th Dec 03
Location: Huddersfield / Nottingham
User status: Offline
|
A while ago I had hit a curb pretty hard and had to have the CV joint replaced. The mechanic said that he wasn't sure if the trackrod was bent also but said "give it a go and take it from there."
Well, I wore out my tyres pretty rapidly after that and just assumed that the tracking was out and forgot about the trackrod. But I just got some new tyres and thought it would be best to have it properly aligned. The guy at ATS had it on the ramps and said that the trackrod was bent so there was no point in tracking it up... 
Question is - how much to repair the bent trackrod? 98 Corsa B without PAS.
Cheers
|
DP.
Member
Registered: 21st Dec 03
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
User status: Offline
|
pick one up from a scrappy for nest to nothing
|
jonathanbrook
Member
Registered: 28th Dec 03
Location: Huddersfield / Nottingham
User status: Offline
|
Looking in the Haynes I think fitting it is beyond me... how much for a garage to do it? A garage that is not a Vauxhall one!
|
DP.
Member
Registered: 21st Dec 03
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
User status: Offline
|
hmmm.. good question! i always avoid garages cus they are a rip off!! lol
|
J100RSA
Member
Registered: 4th Mar 01
Location: Thornhill, West Yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
might ov fooked rack if so about £60ish for a rack and 2.0hrs ish to fit
|
jonathanbrook
Member
Registered: 28th Dec 03
Location: Huddersfield / Nottingham
User status: Offline
|
Birstall eh? Could always bring it your way if you can do it cos I'm from Huddersfield.
What if the rack is not damaged? How much just to fit the trackrod?
Sorry for all the questions...
|
Greasemonkey
Member
Registered: 17th Apr 02
Location: Drives a Tractor
User status: Offline
|
Track rod ends are easy mate do it your self, i have taken mine off before, just count the threads before you remove it then the tracking wont be a mile out when ya put the new ones on
|
ainsley_brader
Member
Registered: 24th Mar 02
Location: Tattershall, Lincolnshire
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Greasemonkey
Track rod ends are easy mate do it your self, i have taken mine off before, just count the threads before you remove it then the tracking wont be a mile out when ya put the new ones on
I bet it would 
Is it the track rod or the track rod end thats bent. If its the track rod better of with a second hand rack.
Garages dont rip you off they charge you for providing a service just like any proffessional!
|
DP.
Member
Registered: 21st Dec 03
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Garages dont rip you off they charge you for providing a service just like any proffessional!
yes but they often charge ridiculious amounts for the service they provide which can usually be done by anyone with a bit of common sense and a pair of hands!
|
J100RSA
Member
Registered: 4th Mar 01
Location: Thornhill, West Yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
We charge book time and our rate is £25/hr +vat
|
Skinner
Member
Registered: 14th Jul 03
Location: aberdeen drives:mk4 irmscher astra on 18's
User status: Offline
|
it will be ur track rod whats ben m8
it would be probly better putting a second hand rack in cause if u have bent the track rod u will have probly damaged the rack itself
|
jonathanbrook
Member
Registered: 28th Dec 03
Location: Huddersfield / Nottingham
User status: Offline
|
Ive seen it - its the actual rod thats only slightly bent. How can you tell if the rack is damaged?
|
TOMAS
Member
Registered: 7th Aug 02
Location: Nottinghamshire
User status: Offline
|
Mate are you in Nottingham?? Cos I know all of the Nottingham Vauxhall breakers and they will sell you and some of them will fit a manual rack for not a lot. I know AVS down the road from me will do you a second hand manual rack for £30ish and they have loads in stock... Let me know if you want some help as im local... 
Personally I would just change the entire rack. As its a safety item I would as soon as it could be quite dangerous driving around on a damaged/weakened track rod...
|
jonathanbrook
Member
Registered: 28th Dec 03
Location: Huddersfield / Nottingham
User status: Offline
|
Yeah, I've been down to AVS for some other bits. Its nice having a Vaux only scrappers!
I didnt understand the last bit - did you mean get another rod or a whole rack?
|
jonathanbrook
Member
Registered: 28th Dec 03
Location: Huddersfield / Nottingham
User status: Offline
|
Whereabouts in Nottingham you from?
|
TOMAS
Member
Registered: 7th Aug 02
Location: Nottinghamshire
User status: Offline
|
Yeah i'd get the WHOLE rack inc trackrods. Im in West Bridgford. Do you go down Broadmarsh?
|
Adam-D
Member
Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
User status: Offline
|
get the whole rack
my mate damaged his rack n didnt know he went round a bend hit a bump the rack jumped a few teeth and sent him into a parked car and wrote them both off
|
jonathanbrook
Member
Registered: 28th Dec 03
Location: Huddersfield / Nottingham
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by TOMAS
Yeah i'd get the WHOLE rack inc trackrods. Im in West Bridgford. Do you go down Broadmarsh?
Not really. Not interested in seeing dickheads who measure how modded their car is depending on how many 6x9s they can fit on their parcel shelf, how bright their washer jets are and how loud their exhaust is! Although, there are some well modified cars there, and by the look of your avatar, you are one of the few!
Cheers for the help with the suspension 
|
TOMAS
Member
Registered: 7th Aug 02
Location: Nottinghamshire
User status: Offline
|
Agreed their are some muppets!! My avarta is NOT my car, same colour but mine has a couple of extra doors however it is in the same sort of style EURO
Their was a 50 somthing bloke croozing around their in his Aston Vantage lastnite, think he was looking for some prepubescent flesh
|
