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Dowsabella
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 11:46 am    Post subject: New Kingpins and track rod ends Reply with quote

Just had the usual MOT failure on 'too much play' in the nearside kingpin. Also failed on the track rod ends. I always wonder how much is just that most MOT garages don't know much about old cars!

Anyone have a ball-park figure for getting these replaced by a garage? Need to know how much to save up. A peek on ECAS has indicated about £150 on parts.
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dyanut
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:04 am    Post subject: Re: New Kingpins and track rod ends Reply with quote

Whereabouts in the UK are you?
Whatever you do, don't go to a garage which doesn't work on 2CVs regularly, as I've known one to destroy a pair of suspension arms and wheel bearings by using oxyacetylene gear when trying to replace kingpins. Sad

This link should help you find someone not too far from you who knows their way around 2CVs...
< http://www.ecas2cvparts.co.uk/info_pages.php?pages_id=23 >

Ken.

p.s. An MOT station which doesn't see 2CVs regularly will often fail kingpins which are still fine, especially if the kingpins haven't been greased for a while.

Dowsabella wrote:
Just had the usual MOT failure on 'too much play' in the nearside kingpin. Also failed on the track rod ends. I always wonder how much is just that most MOT garages don't know much about old cars!

Anyone have a ball-park figure for getting these replaced by a garage? Need to know how much to save up. A peek on ECAS has indicated about £150 on parts.
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Dowsabella
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Ken :)

She's at a garage with a chap who's not worked on a 2cv for 20 years eeep. But he does do a lot of work on a lot of other classic cars, so I'm quite hopeful he'll be ok. I had to go for a garage that was in walking distance really (well, pushing distance) as she wasn't starting and I don't have home start on my brakedown cover.

He said that he was going to measure up the kingpin and have a good check to see how worn it was and whether anything else needed replacing so that the new one wouldn't be too loose and fail again next year.

I very much suspect that it doesn't really need replacing and the MOT garage just has no idea about 2cvs. That kingpin was seized for years and I couldn't get any grease in to it, but it passed every MOT. Then one time I could grease it and it was a fail, and has failed 4 times since.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 6:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello there,
I don't know if it can help but my 2cv is looked after a chap who come to my place any time I need (he works just on 2cv)
He has recently replaced kingpin on my car (due to MOT failure) for a very reasonable price. Depending where you live and if you want, I can put in contact with him.
:)
Fabio
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Dowsabella
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi thowy.

Could you PM me your chap's details. I live in Bucks, so depending on where he is, he might come this way.

Thanks :)
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