What does this mean and what will the cost be for my MOT?

1. Nearside front anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in ball joint.|||It means 拢40 for the MOT, 拢30 for a new ball joint and 拢40 for fitting.





Yep, isn't motoring fun!|||i buy my parts off ebay, bearings, ball joints, shocks. very reasonable too.|||you need a new ball joint fitting,this shouldnt be very expensive,your local garage can do it ,it should only take 30 mins at the most.|||dont remind me-got the same thing wrong !!|||been a professional mechanic for 8 yrs and worked on cars and trucks for even longer and have never heard of a mot. when i hear mot i think applesauce.|||Hi





There is a component known as a DROP LINK which attaches to the anti roll bar and usually the bottom arm.





They can have either one ball joint and a bush, or two ball joints and one of them on your car is worn. It is not an expensive part and it is not expensive to have fitted at about 15 minutes, so don't worry about it, just have it done and get your MOT certificate!





Best regards





Geordie|||you need it replacing, go to eurocarparts.com to find out much it will cost so you now how much ( roughly ) they are going to charge you to fix and retest your car.


Aretest should be free if done within 3-5 days if not it is the same as you paid before. (拢35-拢55)|||same problem. i knew that before i took my car for an mot last weekend. passed without a mention. the most common reason for this is a bent anti-roll bar itself (prev owner, damage etc). if you ever get a chance to get under your car, while its on a ramp, you can tell if its not aligned by looking under the bushes that hold this anti-roll bar. there are marks on the roll bar which allow you to align it under these bushes. if they are visible, then its a good idea to get the roll bar changed as well because the linkages will only last a couple thousand miles before they are damaged again as a result of this misalignment.





in my opinion, if you are not much bothered, get a roll bar from a scrapyard and get linkages from ebay. agree with a local garage that you will supply these to them to get them fitted on your car. the roll bar should cost 拢20-25 (used) and linkages shouldnt cost more than 拢20 on ebay. it is a 30-45 min job and you should be charged accordingly.





i went to nationwide in sutton coldfield parade and paid for my MOT with tesco vouchers i.e. if you wanna not bother about getting them changed.





PS: it is not a safety hazard as anti-roll bars only help avoid over steer.|||拢150|||The parts themselves should not be that expensive and it is generally not that hard a job to do. You don't say what kind of car it is though and that of course has a bearing on the parts prices as well as the complexity in some instances.





Don't start thinking about using used parts to try and safe a few quid, buy new for this it won't be all that much and you really can not muck about with these things. If you don't have the equipment to do it yourself (some way of suspending the car SAFELY with the offending wheel off the deck to allow you split and the joint and replace it), then take it to go a good independant garage and get a quote for the work first, it should not take them anymore than a couple of hours labour absolute max (including all the bugger*ing about that they usually - the job itself is pretty quick), plus the parts. Unless, as I say, you have something unusual or exotic.|||you're sway bar is moving around at the point where it is connected to the suspension. Not good, get it fixed.