URGENT Advice - Does your'e droop bother you?

[3Dee]

When your droop touches both sides and makes a squeaky noise, is this something to worry about?

No - this is not a medical thread....

When the front wheels are fully off the ground, the wheels just kiss the wheel arch on slight lock, then go past without a problem.

For normal driving with weight on the wheels, this does not happen, but a chance conversation about IVA led me to start worrying about this.

There is no way it can be adjusted out, so is this an IVA fail?

My IVA is tues, so I have not much time to work this one out....

Any pearls of wisdom out there?

Keith

[Pb3]

It was never spotted at my SVA. But my MOT tester as picked it up a couple of times over the years, not enough to fail it though. My tyres touch the side pods, the bit that hooks around on the outside too.

[Steve_D]

The IVA tester (in my many tests) has never jacked the car up. All the testing is done on a ramp with the wheels on a swivel plate so he can turn lock to lock. In that condition he will be looking for wheels rubbing at lock and making sure brake hoses don't rub.

Steve

[356Speedster]

Steve...... I was told that the droop would be tested (hence Keith posting the thread after we'd spent 3-hrs comparing IVA notes on Saturday!). Is that not the case then?? How would a tester know if there were problems with tyre rubbing / hoses if they didn't jack the car up the same way they do on an MOT?

Any advice is gratefully received as I'm worried about this one..... my wheels are 10mm wider than std, so this is something that could really trip me up

[Steve_D]

My local test centre (Southampton) does not have a jack system on the ramp nor have I seen any trolley jacks.

Steve