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Clonking, front end turning right... - C.A.R. - 28-01-2013
Place your bets, what do you reckon this will be?
A knock, which occurs when turning right (not full lock). .....knock knock.......knock knock.......knock knock......
Etc, which is consistent with the road speed.
I know it's impossible to diagnose without getting it on a ramp I'm just curious to hear what people may have experienced themselves and what the solution was. I'm thinking drop-link but will get it on a ramp asap...
Re: Clonking, front end turning right... - Tyronnster - 28-01-2013
Tre or droplink
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - Willo - 28-01-2013
I'd guess at droplink if was full lock I would have said cv joint
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - cully - 28-01-2013
wallet hitting the floor paying someone to repair it
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - Oil-burner - 28-01-2013
(28-01-2013, 10:37 AM)cully Wrote: wallet hitting the floor paying someone to repair it
Or his belt buckle
Clonking, front end turning right... - kentiiboii - 28-01-2013
Snapped spring?
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - C.A.R. - 28-01-2013
Ah yea, could be a bollox'd spring.
Good excuse to hit it with the lowering stick then eh?
Actually hoping for a broken spring now! What are the best springs to get the front end of an HDi down (standard shocks?) I've used 40mm in the past but it tends not to do anything much...
Clonking, front end turning right... - kentiiboii - 28-01-2013
Well depends what your going for.
You have a baby so pushchair and stuff so you want something practical so get a decent set of 40mm. If it has the right weighted springs should be ok.
But if you have 15" then 60mm should look good.
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - Tom - 28-01-2013
Possibly balljoint.
Clonking, front end turning right... - RePT - 28-01-2013
Possibly as silly as me.
Lowered the car, left top mounts out
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - Grant - 28-01-2013
How do you lower a car and leave the top mounts out?!
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - Curt - 28-01-2013
This^^
Drop link, or CV joint but that's usually only under load.
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - C.A.R. - 28-01-2013
Managed to 'borrow' a garage this Sunday which has a 2-post lift, thank fook! Will have a good prod around. Fairly sure it's going to be drop link though as it's eerily familiar...
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - Eeyore - 28-01-2013
something on the right!
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - Ollie - 28-01-2013
My money is on the top mount bearing!
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - C.A.R. - 29-01-2013
(28-01-2013, 09:58 PM)Ollie Wrote: My money is on the top mount bearing!
Never had to replace one of these. Pressume you need to remove the shock entirely?
Here's hoping it's the drop link
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - Ollie - 29-01-2013
(29-01-2013, 11:12 AM)C.A.R. Wrote:(28-01-2013, 09:58 PM)Ollie Wrote: My money is on the top mount bearing!
Never had to replace one of these. Pressume you need to remove the shock entirely?
Here's hoping it's the drop link
Yeah and you need spring clamps but its really not that bad a job at all!
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - Curt - 29-01-2013
Can't imagine knocking being the top mount bearing... Should be pretty obvious if it's up top or at the bottom too...
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - C.A.R. - 29-01-2013
Getting worse now.
I suspect it really is the drop link on the drivers' side, is it worth buying them in advance? Can't hurt changing them anyway.
Back in't day the Lemforder jobbies were the bees knees, is that still the case? I don't want adjustables, just replacements...
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - Mattcheese31 - 29-01-2013
(29-01-2013, 01:55 PM)C.A.R. Wrote: Getting worse now.
I suspect it really is the drop link on the drivers' side, is it worth buying them in advance? Can't hurt changing them anyway.
Back in't day the Lemforder jobbies were the bees knees, is that still the case? I don't want adjustables, just replacements...
ahh droplinks are droplinks pretty much as long as you don't buy uber cheep shit, i always get plastic ones at about 20 quid for the pair . .
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - C.A.R. - 29-01-2013
Aye thought as much.
There are some on ECP but they appear to be £24 each! F*ck that.
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - Curt - 29-01-2013
I got metal ones from my factors for £14 a side
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - Willo - 29-01-2013
Try gsf think there bout £12 mate
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - C.A.R. - 30-01-2013
Potential problem...
Knocking has gotten much worse, but I have noticed this evening that it will only knock in-gear. If I coast in a car park I get no knocking.
Panic. It's a driveshaft isn't it?
Should I continue driving the car or is it likely to shit itself?
If my suspicions are correct then how easy is a driveshaft change and at what cost?
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - Mattcheese31 - 30-01-2013
driveshaft isn't hard, well the hard bit is undoing the hub nut, just pull old shaft out push new/secondhand shaft in, obviously you will have to replace gearbox oil as well . . . .
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - C.A.R. - 30-01-2013
£47 for a new one.
Is it dangerous to drive like this? I can get a lift to work if necessary.
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - Pugmarshall - 31-01-2013
No it's not really dangerous if you get it done soon enough and don't drive like a knob.
Clonking, front end turning right... - Stephen - 31-01-2013
Yeah I finished mine off by accelerating fast and then breaking very hard.
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - Tom - 31-01-2013
Just remember to remove the hubnut before anything else!
RE: Clonking, front end turning right... - C.A.R. - 31-01-2013
I understand the hubnut is a bitch of a job. I'm sure we'll have the tools (father in law is ex-mechanic) but worried about undoing it on axle stands. People say to leave a wheel on but I have cyclones - no centre hole...