15-01-2017, 07:06 PM
(15-01-2017, 06:43 PM)allye Wrote: Got to be more specific if anyone can help bud.
Is it relative to speed? Under hard acceleration or all the time? One bang or multiple? Under hard braking or random?
Could well be completely unrelated to your suspension work remember.
(Great user name by the way)
Yeah I'm sorry to be so vague about it, but it is quite random when it does it. Usually does it under semi hard braking, if I brake gently and go super easy on the accelerator then it doesn't seem to do it but I'm only driving it to work and back the now cos I'm worried it's gonna brake. I'm not sure if it's worst when cornering and braking at the same time but I thought it would maybe do it going over bumps and potholes but it seems to be ok with them. I'll need to have another look, it does it at all speeds. Could be slowing down to a stop at slows speeds or braking from a 60 to 30 it does it, it's only one thump at a time. It kind of feels like something is moving, so if I'm braking something gets pushed forward and makes a thump (I'm sure you can feel it through the car more then a sound) and then when you accelerate it pulls it back to make another thump so it just keeps doing that. I thought maybe it was the bottom engine mount and the engine was rocking back and fourth but it looks ok to me. It's just a pain cos it's freezing and usually pissing down so it's a bit shit to actually go outside and try and find the problem. Seems to have started since replacing the suspension components but it didn't handle well at all before I did the work so I'm not sure what it might be.
Also replaced the front shocks for one off a gti-6 that had lowering springs fitted and replaced the top hats but it's only lowered it maybe a cm because it's an xud lump. Front brakes have been replaced with bigger ones too, I think of a 206 gti. New bearing on the front right hub and new bearings on the rear with spax adjustable shock absorbers. Didn't replace the anti rollbar.
I'll try over the next couple of days to have a look at it, hopefully it's simple.
