timbo633 Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 Has anyone else had this problem? Ive had my C1 from new and is a year old. I had the first year service this week and they advised my front tyres were between 3-4mm and suggested I rotate them to the rears. Fine. Back home I took the supplied jack out (never been used) and raised the car - however after about 10 turns, there was a grinding noise from the jack, and then all the ball bearings fell out, as the crank housing of the jack fell apart! I will return to citroen and get them to supply a new one - just wondered if anyone else had the same problem. Im glad I found out at home, and not in the middle of the night on a dark country road. Anyone else? Tim Quote
TurboSlag Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 I had the first year service this week and they advised my front tyres were between 3-4mm and suggested I rotate them to the rears. Fine.No! Never do this. 2 reasons... 1) It means that as they tyres near the end of their life you have a car with 4 near kacked tyres that'll slither all over the place (and that will all need replacing at once to the detriment of your wallet) 2) Understeer is a helluva lot less likely to kill you than oversteer, especially in a SWB car with insufficient power to push itself back into line if things get lairy. The jack is an emergency tool and should not be used for this sort of maintenance. That said, good thing it wasn't an emergency or you'd be stranded... Quote
ColinC1 Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Thanks for letting us know that Tim, that sounds real serious. Did you unwind it fully off the screw or did it fall apart before that happened ? I will be inspecting mine this weekend now, as it is not normally something you look at untill you need it. Quote
downsman Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 No! Never do this. 2 reasons... 1) It means that as they tyres near the end of their life you have a car with 4 near kacked tyres that'll slither all over the place (and that will all need replacing at once to the detriment of your wallet) 2) Understeer is a helluva lot less likely to kill you than oversteer, especially in a SWB car with insufficient power to push itself back into line if things get lairy. Good points. I do swap the tyres round though, because with the different wear rates you can end up with very old rear tyres and brand new fronts which has the same effects. So when the fronts have worn down I put the new tyres on the rear and swap the old rears to the front :unsure: Quote
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