[By Murray Dewhurst in Auckland] The old beast failed it’s latest Warrant. We have this thing called a ‘Warrant of Fitness’, it’s a basic test of road worthiness, they check your lights and brakes are working, your seat belts work, that kind of thing. I’m sure most countries have something similar, I’m told Australia have a thing called a ‘Pink Slip’.
We have to subject ourselves to this every six months in New
Zealand and every time you take your old banger in they find something new to
pick on. This time it was the front left king pin – they’d found a
fraction of play in the suspension. So off to the mechanic I went.
I described the problem to my mechanic. ‘Bastards!’ he blurted, then when he
calmed down a little… ‘the king pin play is minimal, safe as houses,
and the thing is designed to never fall off!’ He removed the hub, disk rotor and brake, then the king pin and I sketched it while he worked on installing a new one.
Let’s see what they find in 6 months!
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| Front left with wheel, hub, king pin and disk rotor removed |
