ostewart
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So I check my car over fairly often, and last month I noticed the front drivers side CV boot had split. They were old anyway and knew this would need doing, but only when they split.
As a preemptive measure I asked by local garage who I've used for previous work to change them all on both driveshafts.
The garage have always been good in the past, and sorted things out quickly for me.
After they changed the boots, I noticed I was getting quite a lot of vibration/wobble when at 50mph and accelerating.
They took it back in, regreased the joints, thought that would do it. But it didn't solve the issue. So they advised it's likely the driveshafts, and billed me for new ones - labour and gearbox oil weren't charged due to them carrying out the CV boot replacement a couple of weeks prior.
That fixed the 50mph issue, but I'm still getting wobble at 20mph now, in a very small band, and also some vibration through the steering wheel at 70mph. Also I'm getting a metallic clunk/click when setting off in 1st or reverse from stationary. None of this was present before.
The driveshafts were fitted less than a month ago, and the garage have a warranty on repairs carried out (1-year / 10,000 miles)
I've spent £550 so far and my car feels worse than when I took it in with the split CV boot.
They have advised me that one of the rear wheels was slightly buckled and that may have contributed to the issues above, but I've changed all the wheels now and it's still the same (didn't get that done by them). They have also advised the rear trailing arm bushes are worn, but I feel that wouldn't have a lot to do with the above issues.
What's my best course of action here? Currently it's booked in for them to take another look on Tuesday. But I'm really annoyed that I've shelled out and had the car made worse, not better...
Thanks for any help in advance
As a preemptive measure I asked by local garage who I've used for previous work to change them all on both driveshafts.
The garage have always been good in the past, and sorted things out quickly for me.
After they changed the boots, I noticed I was getting quite a lot of vibration/wobble when at 50mph and accelerating.
They took it back in, regreased the joints, thought that would do it. But it didn't solve the issue. So they advised it's likely the driveshafts, and billed me for new ones - labour and gearbox oil weren't charged due to them carrying out the CV boot replacement a couple of weeks prior.
That fixed the 50mph issue, but I'm still getting wobble at 20mph now, in a very small band, and also some vibration through the steering wheel at 70mph. Also I'm getting a metallic clunk/click when setting off in 1st or reverse from stationary. None of this was present before.
The driveshafts were fitted less than a month ago, and the garage have a warranty on repairs carried out (1-year / 10,000 miles)
I've spent £550 so far and my car feels worse than when I took it in with the split CV boot.
They have advised me that one of the rear wheels was slightly buckled and that may have contributed to the issues above, but I've changed all the wheels now and it's still the same (didn't get that done by them). They have also advised the rear trailing arm bushes are worn, but I feel that wouldn't have a lot to do with the above issues.
What's my best course of action here? Currently it's booked in for them to take another look on Tuesday. But I'm really annoyed that I've shelled out and had the car made worse, not better...
Thanks for any help in advance