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henrym3 · Post by **henrym3** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 7:50 pm

Got it done yesterday, as I have always had it mot’ed on gas I was for some reason apprehensive of getting the emissions done on petrol. No logical reason for the worry. Passed no problem apart from a minute movement in the wishbone ball joint which he pointed out but didn’t give advisory. Interestingly he didn’t pick it up on the wobble test but with a pry bar under the tyre.

X5Sport · Post by **X5Sport** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 9:27 pm

Funnily enough my X6 now has ‘slight movement’ in the OSF lower ball joint. Not picked up at MOT but found during a routine ‘safety inspection’ at the same dealership. Glad you got through the MOT

Alan Gunn · Post by **Alan Gunn** » Sat Nov 19, 2022 5:51 am

Bottom ball joint on my 02 e53 didn't show anything even on the shaker plate but with the wheel off it was hanging off.
That was when i first got it so the lot was changed to be sure.

henrym3 · Post by **henrym3** » Sat Nov 19, 2022 3:03 pm

Does that suggest that the wobble plate isn’t all its cracked up to be.

Alan Gunn · Post by **Alan Gunn** » Sun Nov 20, 2022 6:05 am

All i can say is both me and my friend who owns the garage and doing the testing where very surprised.
He does a 2 man test so a second person does some pulling and shaking on the fronts plus a big pry bar if you understand.

StuBeeDoo · Post by **StuBeeDoo** » Sun Nov 20, 2022 8:07 am

henrym3 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 3:03 pmDoes that suggest that the wobble plate isn’t all its cracked up to be.

There's no substitute for a decent tester's opinion. I had our spare Citroen tested last week and was absolutely gobsmacked when it passed. It had a knock in the front offside. "Shaker didn't pick-up anything, so I can't even advise it". I changed the bottom joint on Friday and by the look of it it should have failed. So much for safety.

Alan Gunn · Post by **Alan Gunn** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 5:57 am

Never seen Alun or The other tester James using the shaker.
They are old school like myself hands and pry-bar and always 2 on the job one in the car to do the bits like shake the steering side to side.
They are setup fot one man testing but never do.

henrym3 · Post by **henrym3** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:58 am

If an examiner watched you doing an MOT would he not criticise you for not using the wobble facility. Weren’t they brought in to overcome bad testers. I do fully agree that there is very little substitute for experience.

Alan Gunn · Post by **Alan Gunn** » Tue Nov 22, 2022 5:18 am

Good question but not sure.
I go over on a Saturday morning for a brew and a chat i will ask Alun should be fresh in his mind as he had a visit last week from them.