MOT Fail Causes

[Rickshaw]

My 75’s generally have a good record on MOT’s
Having looked at the MOT histories of my 75’s they , generally , have a good record – pretty solid cars. Of course one expects some areas to deteriorate eg Exhaust boxes , brake discs but , in particular I do see MOT fails due to gaiters/dust covers – especially :-
• Drive shaft CV joint
• Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover
I take it that this second item is the one shown as item 12 on the Rimmer web site. Problem is that this is no longer available and I can’t find it anywhere. I understand it does come as part of the package if yoy buy an Arm from DMGRS ( splendid organisation) but this means you shell out a lot of money. I do find some , apparently ‘Universal’ gaiters on EBay BUT they then come up as not compatible for 75’s!
I can’t be the only one needing these gaiters – so what do others do. I want to buy some spares.
All the best.

[Fusilier]

Originally Posted by Rickshaw

My 75’s generally have a good record on MOT’s
Having looked at the MOT histories of my 75’s they , generally , have a good record – pretty solid cars. Of course one expects some areas to deteriorate eg Exhaust boxes , brake discs but , in particular I do see MOT fails due to gaiters/dust covers – especially :-
• Drive shaft CV joint
• Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover
I take it that this second item is the one shown as item 12 on the Rimmer web site. Problem is that this is no longer available and I can’t find it anywhere. I understand it does come as part of the package if yoy buy an Arm from DMGRS ( splendid organisation) but this means you shell out a lot of money. I do find some , apparently ‘Universal’ gaiters on EBay BUT they then come up as not compatible for 75’s!
I can’t be the only one needing these gaiters – so what do others do. I want to buy some spares.
All the best.

Maybe you could get what you need from here

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/...17786-2-0-cdti

Stu

[Rickshaw]

Hi Stu,

much appreciate your link which does give me access to good range of CV joint Gaiters.
As regards the other main MOT failure I have encountered – Front Lower Arm ball joint gaiters/dust covers I have , at last , found a splendid source for these at £3 each :-

• MGBD Parts at
• shop.roverp6cars.com

The Gaiters I wanted are to be found at :-

http://shop.roverp6cars.com/epages/e...ont_Suspension


The gaiters come with the special 'O' rings for fitting too.

I spoke to the owner , Mark (01902689975), who is an enthusiastic member of our club with a Saloon and MG ZTT .

Although originally set up for Rover P6 , MGBD specialise in all makes of Rover and Mark says they can normally locate most parts for the 75/ZT etc range.

I have ordered a number of the gaiters I sought and give the references above as a record in the hope they will prove of value to other members of our club.

All the best.