The story begins........
I bought this black 172 about two years ago. Not knowing a lot about these cars other than they are as fast to 60 as an S3. My trusty vw bora was suffering head gasket failure and was going to require a new engine. So weighing up the cost of a new lump vs replacing the car I decided to scratch that itch for a clio that ad been developing.
So it was bye bye bora
And hello Clio 172
As I said earlier I bought the car not knowing a lot about them. It was a choice between 2 at the time one with terrible battered body work and this. the body work looked ok and I was promised by the dealer it had loads of history which they were just waiting for the guy who they had got it from to bring in. Big mistake! The history never materialized and when it went in for it's first MOT. It failed magnificently. Track rod ends, play in both rear bearings, emissions failure and cv boots shredded. Undeterred I cracked on with new track rod ends, rear discs, bearings new lambda sensor and cv boots.
Now who ever had replaced the discs last had not put the shims in. Which resulted in the disc welding itself to the stub axle. They had also overtightened the hub nut and stripped the thread resulting in the hubnut having to be drilled and new stub axles fitted. I was now in it for the long run
I bought this black 172 about two years ago. Not knowing a lot about these cars other than they are as fast to 60 as an S3. My trusty vw bora was suffering head gasket failure and was going to require a new engine. So weighing up the cost of a new lump vs replacing the car I decided to scratch that itch for a clio that ad been developing.
So it was bye bye bora
And hello Clio 172
As I said earlier I bought the car not knowing a lot about them. It was a choice between 2 at the time one with terrible battered body work and this. the body work looked ok and I was promised by the dealer it had loads of history which they were just waiting for the guy who they had got it from to bring in. Big mistake! The history never materialized and when it went in for it's first MOT. It failed magnificently. Track rod ends, play in both rear bearings, emissions failure and cv boots shredded. Undeterred I cracked on with new track rod ends, rear discs, bearings new lambda sensor and cv boots.
Now who ever had replaced the discs last had not put the shims in. Which resulted in the disc welding itself to the stub axle. They had also overtightened the hub nut and stripped the thread resulting in the hubnut having to be drilled and new stub axles fitted. I was now in it for the long run
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