As has been said
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- thanks very much for a great meet Scott
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(And of course the team at Elite)! It was all very well organised and I enjoyed it
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- a rare day out for me! My first MR2 meet of 2008!
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As you've probably already read, it wasn't entirely without incident.
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The alignment doesn't seem to have been spot on in terms of the offside rear tie bar
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- it left the balljoint at the very limits of its travel meaning that when the car then went over a bump, it pushed the balljoint too far; damaging it.
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We don't think that was the cause of the knocking noise that started though.
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I'm still to definitely trace that one down, but suspicions are that the bushes may have been on their way out already
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(well, they are pretty old) and now the alignment has pushed them to the limits of their travel available and so there's now metal knocking against metal rather than a rubber bush in between.
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Typical, just when you go spend some money on a car it suddenly throws up a whole load of wobblies.
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And now Sasha has no idea what a properly aligned car feels like.
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Big big thanks to Jinxy for coming back to help us try to find the problem.
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I couldn't find where the knocking had come from so Sasha suggested giving him a ring; between us we still couldn't find the cause.
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It was reassuring to have someone who knows more about these bits than me have a look as well, so huge thanks to him for being the mega-bloke he is and coming all the way back again to help out!
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(Jinx, the car did wander a bit again on the way home while on the motorway.
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Still, we crawled back home and got there safe and sound
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(though I didn't get back to mine until after midnight.
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Looks like I've now got another Mk1 that needs suspension sorted.
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Lying under the car during and after it had rained wasn't the nicest way to end the meet, but I was still in good spirits over all
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- I'd enjoyed the meet that much that even getting covered in water and grease couldn't dampen my spirits.
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Anyway, it really was a good day.
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Even though I didn't take many photos
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(muppet here forgot to recharge the camera battery so had to be conservative) I did get a few:
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(Knocking comes from this side, but it's the balljoint on the other side of the car that's gone.
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Malcolm's
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