Had to take the zed out for a trip today, only to get a bloody nail in my tyre!

Took it to the only place open.... Kwikfit! The one place I didn't ever want to go to.

Turns out they were actually quite helpful (slightly anyway).

Luckily they had only 1 tyre in stock the right size so took that even though I can hardly spare the cash at the moment.

Thought that while I was there, I'd ask them to take a quick look over the car while it was up in the air. Only reason being because it was feeling a bit loose at the back end earlier. Turns out that the drivers side rear wheel has a bit of movement, that's as much help as I got though. In his actual words " don't know what's causing it".

So although today has cost me more than I can afford, its also alerted me to a potentially unstable rear wheel.

What are the possible causes? I know its a stupid question but let's just say I'm not the brightest of people as far as the zed is concerned.

By the way, it still has the hicas fitted.

Worn Bushes on the hicas arms !

what he said ^^^^^

Jack the car up and rock the wheel see how it moves and what it effects.

To be completely honest, and as mentioned already I don't really know my ar5e from my elbow as far as the zed is concerned.

If it is the hicas arm bushes, where can I get some new ones from?

Grab the wheel and shake it first top and bottom see if there's play then shake it holding it each side and see if it moves

 

Could be one of the arms or could be the wheel bearing, whilst moving it get someone to look behind the wheel see if they can see any movements in the arms, if they can't would more than likely be a wheel bearing

Cheers for the info.

Will have to jack it up and have a look to make sure.

dont bother replacing them its far more better and cheaper to get an elimination kit and deleate this will also get rid of possible other causes that could cause it. your looking around 140 pounds plus labour.

I was actually looking into that last night and reading a how to guide. The bit that I was concerned about though, was the bypass metal tube bit, where would I get that from?

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