Skoda Rally Blog

Got lots of things done this morning/afternoon, all sorts of little things that need to be done, so there was a lot of ‘list ticking’ taken care of…

And then Pete turned up again – firstly a CV boot had decided to lunch itself, turns out it was a pattern one, and they’re always rubbish, so that needed to be sorted, but took ages. And then to the other side to fir the terratrip sensor…. only to find the source of Noise #2 – front left wheel bearing had loads of play in it – it was fine when MOTd, so must have happened since. As it was 4:30 by this time, a mad dash to the local motor factors (who had one, luckily), and then to Ebblake Tyres to use their press (with some help from Ricky Aitken, legend!), and then back home to fit it, having fitted the metal and terratrip sensor. Put it all back together in the dark (and getting very cold), only to find that….. it’s still bad. Clearly the hub must have a problem, and it doesn’t work as a result. Fantastic. So now I have to get a spare one – probably from the banjulmobile, but it’s more grief and less time to get everything done.

I’m sure I’ll sleep like a baby tonight…..