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MrDavo:
Can you not use a wood screw to hold a track rod end together then?
Political correctness gone mad.
mike the bike:
No
You can only use wood screws to hold wooden brake pads in.
matthewmosse:
Thing is buying a classic era vehicle and running it on a shoestring whilst possible is more likely to either teach you mechanical sympathy and basic maintenance or leave you broken down very quickly. Modern cars are harder to fix properly and less requirement for engine maintenance means even the truly mechanically inept can keep them moving long after a classic would have stopped altogether. Some of those are truly alarming that someone bought it in for testing though, especially the 'repairs.' The broken suspension on the Micra seems more like mot day bad luck, I've had bits like that go, without warning and on the way to mot is when most things seem to go, especially light bulbs. If driven like that it must have handled awfully, I drove my other halfs Cordoba with worn rear bushes and that was extremely alarming just with a small bit of excess softness in the rubber bushes both as a driver or passenger you could tell something was wrong - badly I would have said from the handling, in fact the fault was really hard to spot given I was expecting the whole axle to be half hanging off from the handling.
mike the bike:
I think those of us riding or driving something old/classic tend to have more vehicle sympathy and will recognise if there is anything not quite right and needs looking at - just for the piece of mind.
royhall:
Whats the best wood to use for brake pads? Hardwood for the road, softwood for racing? :D
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