Quote from: dazmond on Yesterday at 03:17:01 pm

Booked my van in for MOT/service on Fri 16th Jan. I'm going to get mine done at Halfords as its very local to me here and it was the same price as my local independent garage where I used to live.(£230).

Personally I would go with a garage I trust over Halfords, they are more likely to have a greater knowledge/skillset.

It's been 3 sections at once when I've discovered it while checking the shims, that's happened twice and other times it's single sections. Clamps cranked up to feck, shims obliterated before you know it.
I'll tape up pole near clamp fit new shims, adjust clamps, explain about this and that....
1st year it was about 6 months with 3 sections shreded, then about 2 issues the next year and the next, and been a couple of single sections this year.

Not slating the Gardiner slx as it's all I used, however I'm sick of replacing sections 1-3 and most of the clamps regularly on someone's else's pole.
Never him that broke it, doesn't know how it happened etc
So how long should an employee expect to get out of an slx 25, how often should shims and levers be replaced.
I wouldn't expect someone to use cheap and heavy equipment and I think the clx would wear down even quicker as this is what I found over ten years ago.