what have you done to your car today ?
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Discovered that I don't have the M10 triple square I need to get my rear door off, so while I'm waiting for that to arrive, does anyone know if there's a right or wrong way to take the seals off? I need to take it off my old door to put on the new.
Is there any adhesive or do you just push them on?
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Is there any adhesive or do you just push them on?
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The bottom half is pushed onto the edge and upper half has clips.
Carefully prise them out with a trim removal tool as close to the clips as possible or you'll pull them out of the rubber
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Carefully prise them out with a trim removal tool as close to the clips as possible or you'll pull them out of the rubber
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Thai do you have that particular seal (iammooks pic) for a rear (passenger side) door? (Sorry to bomb your chat both)
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It's a possibility but I'd need to check the workshop first to confirm.
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Thanks! That's what I thought, but this car has a habit of having me tug away at something when there's a hidden clip somewhere.
Reckon I'll strip the old door once I've swapped them over - the lock in the old one still works, just that the microswitch doesn't recognise that the door's open. Should just need to re-flow the solder and I'll have a working spare.
Now that I've said that though...
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i was going to solder, instead i just cut and used a connector block at least then swapping out switches is less faff, also the switches are handed left and right, as i had a working switch from passenger but it would not fit on the drivers or rear drivers, id lightly re-grease the mech inside there also as the old white grease or what ever they use dry's up putting more stress on the motor probably why the motor fails
Not getting the light/buzzer for low screenwash any more. Wire seems fine. Is the sensor easy to change?
Looking at your tyre wear tells you a lot about your suspension setup...
See, good suspension settings mean even wear across the whole w...wait a minute...
Ok, so we learned two lessons here. 1) I may need a tyre with a stiffer sidewall (this is the outer edge) and/or a degree more static camber. And 2) Yeah, may be an idea to check all the way round the tyre instead of cursory glance when parked up ??
(only worn like this one part of the tyre, not the whole thin)
See, good suspension settings mean even wear across the whole w...wait a minute...
Ok, so we learned two lessons here. 1) I may need a tyre with a stiffer sidewall (this is the outer edge) and/or a degree more static camber. And 2) Yeah, may be an idea to check all the way round the tyre instead of cursory glance when parked up ??
(only worn like this one part of the tyre, not the whole thin)
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Have all 4 wheels laser tracked i had this done when both front ball joints were replaced as i was getting 4 new tyres just in case that happened.Looking at your tyre wear tells you a lot about your suspension setup...
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See, good suspension settings mean even wear across the whole w...wait a minute...
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Ok, so we learned two lessons here. 1) I may need a tyre with a stiffer sidewall (this is the outer edge) and/or a degree more static camber. And 2) Yeah, may be an idea to check all the way round the tyre instead of cursory glance when parked up ??
Yup! That is my fronts when the toe is slightly out.
I can't say my Leon is ever gentle on tyres, even when everything is bob on.
And also the rear twist beam setup dates back to the first golf in the mid seventies.
Tyres were much taller then & less bothered with the camber changes inherent with that set up.
The wider, lower tyres of today don't enjoy running with camber.
I can't say my Leon is ever gentle on tyres, even when everything is bob on.
And also the rear twist beam setup dates back to the first golf in the mid seventies.
Tyres were much taller then & less bothered with the camber changes inherent with that set up.
The wider, lower tyres of today don't enjoy running with camber.
Feel your pain
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A few hours of cleaning seeing as the weather is dry.
Yellow one now back under cover.
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