My '73 MGB failed its MOT today.
Tester said that there is play in the inner track rod end joints. This steering rack has done less that a couple of thousand miles, the rubbers etc. are all in as new condition.
Looking in the HBOL, it seems that the inner joints are spring loaded somehow? It says to tighten them up, then measure how much force it takes to move them with a spring balance. If this is the case, then surely they will -always- have play, depending upon how hard the tester tries to tug on them?
Any advice please?
He also failed it on a piece of repair welding, says it is only tacked in place. (It's just a covering piece near the end of the sill, inside the rear wheel arch.) The car has passed six or seven MOT's with it like this. When I challenged him and said it wasn't structural, he said well why wasn't the other side like that?
Now I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. Pay another 50 quid to have it tested elewhere (he doesn't offer free re-tests), or let him do the 'repairs' when he won't charge me for a re-test.
Again, all advice welcome.
TIA