Recent content by wilcs

Thanks for the info Dan, I did read similar before but when speaking to a friend that runs a garage he said that from next year them rack boots are on the MOT test list, and any splits like you'd have to make will definitely make it fail it's MOT :-/

Sounds suspicious if you've just had them replaced, I'd talk to the garage you had it done at to take a look tbh. I was pleasantly surprised, they said £34 per 15mins of diagnostic, but my total charge for greasing and tightening was total of £19+vat so 22 something mate

Well the noise is still there, but reduced a lot - and all Honda have done is grease up and tighten the top mounts. So I'm assuming it's them that need replacing - I'm just going to see how it goes over the next month before deciding to take it back in.

No stones or anything like that, only makes the noise under load really (hill starts or with passengers) - it didn't make the noise whilst up on Honda's ramps turning

I hope that's what it is, far cheaper to replace compared to the rack. It creaks like hell off any hillstart now and remains for quite a while

Mr Honda said it sounds like top mounts or the steering rack but couldn't be sure. So he tightened and lubed up my mounts and I've just got to see how it goes. Hope to God I don't need a new rack!

I'm sat in Honda at the moment, at £34 per 15mins of diagnosis I hope they have a clue! First guy couldn't see anything wrong, but then I took him for a drive and it started again. He thinks it's rack / top mount related but not too sure. If he can't find anything hes going to tighten up a few...

Is there really no advice from anyone on this? I'm now sure its coming from the front of the car, and steering related and it's definitely noticeably creaky steering left and ride even the most subtle of movements. I'm now guessing it's a steering rack issue, and i've heard there are some...

It's worrying as it's definitely getting worse, I am wondering if it's suspension related. My commute to work changed about 2months ago, and now involves a mile of speed humps which is making me suspicious even though I crawl over them. Any ideas anyone?????

Hi guys, Ever since I got my CTR couple years back it's always made a odd squeaking noise at low speeds but only when I've got 2-3 passengers in the car with me. As that rarely is the case, I always forget to diagnose / get it fixed. More recently it seems to be happening all of the time, even...

I'm trying EBC Yellow stuff pads, which you can get from ebcdirect or similar, and from popular reviews and previous experience on other cars I've got some MTEC drilled & grooved discs off ebay, which were 1/4 of the EBC disc price. Must admit only been on around 200 miles so far and they're...

Must admit I just serviced mine myself last weekend - 85k service (or whichever is after the 75k one, although car not done 60k yet). Oil filter with new sump seal, air filter, new iridium plugs, oil change. All the parts for the service (genuine Honda) came to £123.44 - and took just over an...

Thanks, appreciate it

Worked a treat, thanks Paul. Once I got it open I did some tests, seems the lever is still operating the release just not 100%. I'm guessing I can tighten it somewhere?? I gently bent the metal inside the cap so that it didn't go so far over the release and it's done the trick for now!

I think the cable I was wiggling is the one you say I can remove, ill try it now and see if it works. Thanks for the fast response