Hi all

Just a bit confused and asking you guys for a bit of advice 

My car just went through mot with a couple of advisories . Play in l/h ball joint and tyre on sane side need replacing soon

I asked a couple of  garages if I needed to change both sides ? They both said no  just change the left hand one.  I asked if I supplied part how much ? One garage said does it come with a wishbone ? I said in the online pic it doesn't seems to have a wishbone ? 

Also the mot station said it doesn't need alignment after as that's tracking?  

It seems what I read online  (both should be changed as other will wear out quicker ) is dismissed by the garages ? I would've thought they wanted to make the extra money anyway?  I'm not particularly flush so what do you suggest please 

@abudabi555 - Well, I've never heard of changing both ball joints just because one is worn. And it should be possible to change a ball joint without the entire wishbone.

 

Tyre I can't comment on definitively from what you've said, but it's possible that a worn ball joint could have resulted in rapid wear on the inside of that tyre.

 

I would have the tracking checked afterwards, because ball joints do affect tracking.

Thanks Ken for quickreply and favourable answer (for me;) maybe it's just to be 100% sure of everything.  To tell the truth I'll probably only have this car another 8 months or so as it's getting leggy and not in good fettle . Had a leak from sunroof so carpets were  ruined last year since remedied and back wiper not working.  Seats are saggy etc 

One of the coil springs broke a month ago and although I was driving slowly maybe I knackered the joint ? I've since had them replaced obviously for safety and the mot 

Cheers mate I'll go with that 

Hello,

 

Im based in Leeds and just got my yeti back form local dealer - the sunroof drains are blocked and this has caused a water ingress into the car and they have quoted me £2,200 for new underlay / sunroof drains but also they say i have to replace the roof frame and seals!!

 

This is a lot of money for me so does anyone have a recommendation on someone who could offer me a cheaper solution? Any help is really appreciated guy 🙂

 

Cheers

I've no specific experience of yeti's, but normally on VAGs, if you open the roof there's a drain hole in each corner of the frame that is piped down to the wheel arches. Get a length of thin stiff wire and carefully clean the drains. Chances are it's just road crap in the bottom of the pipes. 

Stevestruck  - thanks mate i will give that a go - i got nothing to loose!!

@Briteq

Worth posting in the Yeti section.

 

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/294146-leaking-panoramic-sunroof-have-a-look-here

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/405114-water-ingress-in-new-yeti

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/235752-water-ingress-in-sunroof-yeti-how-i-solved-it-videos-included

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/456172-sunroof-leaking

 

useful links thanks