help needed

puglover · Post by **puglover** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:46 pm

does anyone know or tryed changing the rubber near side cv boot ??????

i got the dreaded m.o.t. on monday and need to change it so any advice is greatly recieved

also i need to adjust the crap hand brake

thanks in advance for your help

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:17 pm

you need to remove the driveshaft which is a hell of a lot easier on the near side thankfully, you then need to remove the CV outer joint from the driveshaft to fit the new boot, the haynes manual covers it in quite a lot of detail

puglover · Post by **puglover** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:11 pm

first of all thnx for your help james much apprietiated.......

second problem .......

went to adjust the so called self adjuster inside the rear drum cos handbrake wasnt working properly

then i discovered why hand brake wasnt working properly

nearside wheel cylinder seaping onto shoes..... but not bad enough to show without opening up the drum

i had no idea this was happening except the crap handbrake....

so opened up offside and it was dry...... all i did was touch the shoes and poof leaking seal on this side too.....buger....

so mot is now cancelled until later this week and new parts arriving mon morning

set of shoes £30.00

wheel cylinders X2 £36.00

total £66.00 + VAT

and still need to put through MOT ant thats costing me £45.00

i'm not impressed

sriturbO · Post by **sriturbO** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:22 pm

you can just buy seal kit for cylinders a hell of a lot easier and cheaper too

puglover · Post by **puglover** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:42 pm

hi sriturbo,

went for the seal kits and you can no longer buy them you have to buy the full cylinder..

got the parts today and new revised price to ......

£90.00 inc vat but he did throw in a free tub of brake fluid .......mmmmmm generous bloke lmao could have sold me parts at cost price too instead of adding the bloody vat

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:06 pm

far easier just to change the cylinders, just make sure you get the right ones as im sure there are about 5 types

puglover · Post by **puglover** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:41 am

there are only two types for the d8 1.8 16v

the only difference between them is the size of brakepipe inlet.....large or small....ohh yeah and the extra large orice tag on the large one's ...about a tenner more expensive

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:27 pm

well i meant there is like 5 different types for all the D8's

puglover · Post by **puglover** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:48 pm

M.O.T. today......after the above work done, it failed

he gave the nearside front disc an advisory notice and failed the offside disc both for pitting and reduced braking effect
why give an advisory for a disc when you have to change both anyway ????

cant see the logic seeing i gotta change both as one failed .. any info as to why he would do this

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:06 pm

its a VOSA thing, if you dont do it then you get penalised, its a ridiculous system