EMC Autos Quin Rd Ennis

My 4 year old van failed its CVRT, track Rod end.
I spoke to James at Anchorpoint (I did not buy my van from James but he has always been very helpful) and he said he takes his vans to EMC for complex work.
Booked the van in for a full service and replace track rod and re do the tracking yesterday. It was peeing down and I wasn’t looking forward to standing around in the cold for a few hours so I was pleasantly surprised when the mechanic said I could wait in the back of the van whilst it was being serviced and on the ramps. So back to bed for a couple of hours full service completed, track rod sorted €329 paid and back for the retest.
I used to pay more for annual service in Devon every year and that wasn’t a Fiat main dealer either. So I was happy with the price, happy to find somewhere close to me that could lift my 7.4 m long over 3500 kg MH and happy to be told before I arrived it would take 2 hours which it did.
Handy if you are in Clare or Limerick and need work done on your van.
Also impressed by Clare Castle cvrt ctr. Who did the retest when I turned up 90 minutes earlier than my appointment time.

Track rod ends gone in four years!!. That shouldn't happen particularly in the relatively low mileage done by motorhomes.
The ones on my 2005 Ducato with over 130k kms done are still in fine fettle. I did need a wheel bearing last year though and front discs and calipers a few years , probably all the long steep hills in Europe.

I went for a test last Saturday on the way a drive belt broke just a mile away from the test center on inspection it was a belt a pulley and belt tensioner so home I went no test. off to the motor factors and today did the job cold but dry

It's a gem of a place for the DIY mechanic who works at something else 9 to 5, open until 8 on weekdays, all day Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Very rarely that they don't have what you need in stock (within reason) but they'll almost always have it next day if they don't.

Got a clean bill of health today from the test center good for two years And then seen the news that county travel aloud from the 12 can't wait. I'll be like Usain Bolt out of the blocks