So this is what owning a french car is like...

[Bailes1992]

J14 A42 About 60-70miles from where I was going. And now I'm back in Bridgend.

Unfortunatley this is a new problem all together

[HimBigChief]

Unlucky, so what's gone wrong this time?

[Bailes1992]

Well I was on the M50 and I took my foot off the accelorator for a second and popped it back on and there was a knock and the car pulled to the left. I pulled over, had a quick check and everything seemed ok. Carried on and then half way up the M5 I noticed if I let my foot off the accelorator the car would lurch like when my engine mounts where gone. I got onto the M42 and it was getting worse and worse and then I went to pull into the services and as I slowed down and turned the steering jammed and started shaking but then was fine again?
I drove around the carpark and it was fine so thought I just drove over something.
Carried on the M42, well onto the A42 just before the M1 and the bloody thing just started shaking constantley and even braking was a struggle, managed to get it into a layby and called the AA.
At first I thought bent a driveshaft or something. Then I remembered I had my rear engine mount done yesterday so thought it'd come loose.
Anyway recovary guy come out and had a look and I basically mashed a balll bearing in the bit that connects the driveshaft to the gearbox

French car ownership

[steve_earwig]

Yeah, at least you don't get cv joints on other cars. No, hold on..

[Bailes1992]

Yeah, at least you don't get cv joints on other cars. No, hold on..

It's not the CV joint. It's where the driveshaft meets the gearbox!

[StevieboyTD]

So it's the inner CV joint then. Pisser.

[Welly]

Why the two recovery agents?

[Bailes1992]

Why the two recovery agents?

There was four all together. The AA got the first recovery guy to take me off ther A42 then an AA truck got me from the services to the M50 (Stretton Services) then another one took me to newport and another took me back to bridgend

[Welly]

It's a good job you're in a recovery service as a young chappy. I spent years chancing it and driving all over the place....London, York, Manchester etc all with no chance of getting home if the worst happened and all in the days of no mobile phones. Mind you cars were simpler then, probably less chance of a breakdown than today

Hopefully a new bearing (and gear oil) will sort it for you.

[Bailes1992]

It's a good job you're in a recovery service as a young chappy. I spent years chancing it and driving all over the place....London, York, Manchester etc all with no chance of getting home if the worst happened and all in the days of no mobile phones. Mind you cars were simpler then, probably less chance of a breakdown than today

Hopefully a new bearing (and gear oil) will sort it for you.

I dunno, thinking of breaking it and sending it to the big scrappy in the sky Might get the engine out of it. find a 309/405 or 306 with a nackered engine and drop the 406's lump in

[Welly]

Don't be disheartened fella the 406 Estate is kinda cool I think and in fact wears it's age surprisingly well.

A purposefull looking machine driven by 'our' kinda blokes

[StevieboyTD]

It's a good job you're in a recovery service as a young chappy. I spent years chancing it and driving all over the place....London, York, Manchester etc all with no chance of getting home if the worst happened and all in the days of no mobile phones. Mind you cars were simpler then, probably less chance of a breakdown than today

Hopefully a new bearing (and gear oil) will sort it for you.

I dunno, thinking of breaking it and sending it to the big scrappy in the sky Might get the engine out of it. find a 309/405 or 306 with a nackered engine and drop the 406's lump in

But what you'd spend to get a knackered 306 is more than it would cost to fix the 406!

It's going to be sooo much cheaper if you do the work yourself too, it's no good going "but i'm no good with mechanical stuff and tools", everybody has to start learning somewhere. The 406 is a simple car to work on, do the work yourself, save a fortune on labour and be sure in your own mind that the work is really done.

[DaiRees]

How bad's the metal worm really? I've got a mig welder and a selection of bits of steel. My work isn't pretty but if it's underneath who gives a sh*t?

[Bailes1992]

How bad's the metal worm really? I've got a mig welder and a selection of bits of steel. My work isn't pretty but if it's underneath who gives a sh*t?

About 20cm long by 10cm wide?


Chuck some underseal on it (which I can get from work) and nobody will every know

[DaiRees]

Oh yes, seam sealer and underseal. Hides a multitude of sins!