A2TheA 0 Posted March 22, 2009 my 205 gti failed its mot and on the list of the failures was there was 'play' in the end of the torsion bar. the sheet said 'bearing/bush slightly worn' which means they are not quite sure any way does anbody know what on earth this could be? i was told if you hold the rear offside wheel and wiggle it you can feel movement in the suspension apparently. i have the car at home atm so i can repair it all myself. just wondered what views anybody else had on this. chhers Aaron Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rom 0 Posted March 22, 2009 Doesnt sound logical to me. Theres no bush or anything on the torsion bars. Its a interferance fit, held in with a torx screw one end, and the stud and a nut the other. Id jack it up, and see what movement can be felt. More likely to be a bearing or something id have thought. For a torsion bar to have play, it would have to have worn the spines down from the beam, or itself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daz_C 8 1 Cars Posted March 22, 2009 i was told if you hold the rear offside wheel and wiggle it you can feel movement in the suspension apparently. i have the car at home atm so i can repair it all myself. just wondered what views anybody else had on this. chhers Aaron ^^^^^^ What he said. It can only be either trailing arm bearing play or wheel bearing I'd have thought ? I'd guess they'd know if it was the wheel bearing though and would have said that. I'm guessing you may need a can opener................................................ for that tin of worms your about to open if its the trailing arm bearings Hopefully not though. May be worth speaking to the MOT'er to find out exactly what he means ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,626 Posted March 22, 2009 from the description, that sounds like a dead rear beam. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miles 331 1 Cars Posted March 23, 2009 It's a Generic term meaning your beams dead, There's only so many pull down option's and as you know you cannot tell what has failed unless you take it apart Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A2TheA 0 Posted March 23, 2009 oh dear, this doesnt sound like fun what so ever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,626 Posted March 23, 2009 at least you don't live far at all from Miles if you don't fancy tackling it yourself! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miles 331 1 Cars Posted March 23, 2009 Hard part is finding a good beam tube, The rest is easy if slightly expensive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A2TheA 0 Posted March 23, 2009 Hard part is finding a good beam tube, The rest is easy if slightly expensive being a student is coming around and biting me in the a**e now i have checked for this 'movement' in the beam/bars/ anything else that moves. the only movement i could feel was the suspension travel. there was no other movement in any other direction at all. which has now super confused me. im going to get hold of the mot'er tomorrow to ask him what he thinks he is on about thanks for the advice etc guys. and miles i may be in touch if i can find funds Aaron Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miles 331 1 Cars Posted March 24, 2009 They can and do make mistakes, I had my mates 406 in as a MOT failure with a nail in the N/S/R tyre (Was the front one) rear wheel bearing gone, Was the top suspension link arm and emmission's but when I tested them if the CO or H/C where much lower nothing would come out the exhaust Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
