Two highway drives helped to hit the 1,75,000 Kms milestone. One drive was to Hyderabad after a long time and the next one was the usual trip to Nagercoil.
BHPian arun_josie recently shared this with other enthusiasts:
Windscreen Replacement:
As I mentioned earlier, the windscreen got hit by a stone on the highway and the crack started to extend across the driver’s view. So, there was no other choice but to replace the windscreen. The question here was, whether to use the insurance or not. I decided not to use insurance so that I can keep the chances of getting a Zero dep policy again next year. After 5th year, if there is any claim then most of the insurance providers are not offering Zero dep policy.
Since insurance approval was not involved, this work was done in a day. The cost for windscreen came around 24K/-
Wheel bearing issue on the front right side wheel:
In my guess, this is probably due to the earlier accident impact. I started observing a humming noise around 80-100kmph speed and it stays above this speed for some time. Also, after each rotation of the wheel, I felt a vibration on the foot rest. At times, this humming noise was little louder. When I checked this at the service center, after a short test drive, they concluded that the wheel bearing must be replaced on the front right. After this replacement, the humming noise has disappeared and there is no vibration felt on the foot rest.
This replacement cost around 14K/-
Driving Pulley Timing Belt and Belt Stretcher replaced under parts warranty:
During cold starts, I was getting an abnormal belt noise. This goes away after some time and never returns till the next cold start. To fix this issue, driving pully – timing belt and belt stretcher were replaced. This was covered under parts warranty
All the above works were done at PPS/MPS motors, Hosur road.
Ood @ 1,75,700,700 kms
Two highway drives helped to hit the 1,75,000 Kms milestone. One drive was to Hyderabad after a long time and the next one was the usual trip to Nagercoil.
This was during the Hyderabad trip
During Nagercoil trip
The fuel efficiency on the highway is still good. The Hyderabad drive fetched me a FE of 16Kmpl including the drives within the Hyderabad city and the horrible traffic from Hebbal to Bannerghatta road.
What next?
Need to get the Oil/Filter replacement service done
Interior cleaning is pending for some time
Quote from BHPian adneeraj:
I’m running the AX6 too and we exchanged notes on these at Jawai. I’ve done slightly more than 15k kms and they’re amazing with their performance off road. Never have had a wheel spin with them on bad surfaces.
I look forward to your posts here and compare notes. So far so good…
Getting my clutch changed at the SC in the next few days. It has got hard and my fuel consumption has increased. This should fix it.
I am yet to try any off-roading with these tyres, will share my feedback when I try it.
Check out BHPian comments for more insights and information.
