MoT Steering lock?

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Whats the bleddy point of that then? :confused: And if you int got one ('cus its buggered) can you provide a 'steering security thing' to secure the vehicle wiff????


It's bad enough having to fix the hand brake warning light :mad:
 
Don't know why they're checkin em cos (according to some) they're easy enuff to break off anyway.

If you can prove you're locking the steering wi summat strong they shuld leave you alone.
 
bleddy hell ive never heared of the steering lock haveing to work for the mot jesus ive even got mot's on me old van on the back cap no keys and a screwdriver for a fuel cap key

is your tester just being a tw@t or have they included this in the new mot rules ??? anybody ????
 
johnny curt 1 said:
bleddy hell ive never heared of the steering lock haveing to work for the mot jesus ive even got mot's on me old van on the back cap no keys and a screwdriver for a fuel cap key

is your tester just being a tw@t or have they included this in the new mot rules ??? anybody ????
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No, it's coming in wiff the new MoT changes ---- apparently...
 
"Dysfunctional or absent steering locks, where fitted as standard, will now cause the vehicle to fail - as will missing or damaged dust covers and suspension ball joints."
 
just been reading some of this...

i think my disco was originally fitted with abs.. got wires in the top of my front swivels and a bracket behind the air box.. and the brakes looked to have been replumbed..

but nothing connected and nothing in the bracket behind airbox..

its a 97 xs 300tdi disco..

if the abs has been removed am i gonna have a problem come mot time?
 
thats just bloody unbelieveable looks to me theyre just trying to get cars off the road now so they can ave us all driving these ****ty lecci shoebox cars tw@ts
 
Dartmoor Navigator said:
So how do you fix a steering lock?
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I took my steering wheel off the weekend - there were 2 plastic prongs at the base of the steering wheel which 'locked' into place when the key is removed.
Assuming yours are of a similar design, it sounds like they've snapped at some point in their life, therefore a new steering wheel is required.
I say this as it didn't look like it came apart.

My steering wheel is a non-airbag type on a 1994 Discovery 300tdi.
 
Dartmoor Navigator said:
:D

Wot of it is totally ****ered :(
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i would guess that a failure of the steering lock would be caused by summat breaking.. if that broken bit is still in there floating about, it may lodge in some critical place and lock the steering whilst driving..

just guessin at what someone trying to justify their mahoosive salary at vosa would think up..
 
Mark L said:
I took my steering wheel off the weekend - there were 2 plastic prongs at the base of the steering wheel which 'locked' into place when the key is removed.
Assuming yours are of a similar design, it sounds like they've snapped at some point in their life, therefore a new steering wheel is required.
I say this as it didn't look like it came apart.

My steering wheel is a non-airbag type on a 1994 Discovery 300tdi.
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Thanks, Dude

I seem to remember a fred about a bodge wiff somefing or other that fixes it.... I must do a search.
 
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