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27th May 2020, 21:09 | #1 |
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Front suspension knock and creak
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The last couple of days my 75 developed a knock and creak coming from the front I immediately thought its going to be the dreaded droplinks again but I jacked up the car checked everything out and I couldn't find anything that's gone wrong there was no play anywhere both droplinks are new and the top bearings one is new and the other only a couple year old with barely any miles on the creak is quite prominent over speed bumps the knock seems to be a bit random very similar to the droplink knock any ideas what could it be ? I'm Thinking something like wheel bearings or cv joints ? Last edited by thanos.m; 28th May 2020 at 13:51.. |
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Cheers for that ! I tried it I couldn't feel any play I'll give a try again just to be sure I also noticed that there is a vibration coming through if I accelerate briskly with any steering input on I'm thinking that this can be related to the problem as well
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Check the whole spring from top to bottom. Sometimes a small section breaks off and just sits in the cup. Also check for small pieces of road gravel getting wedged here and there!
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Everything is bone dry in this weather we are having. Anything that moves, even a little, on steering or suspension, can ‘dry out’ and make funny noises. When I had my SD1 3.5, I noticed funny noises coming from somewhere in one of the long hot summers we had back then. What I did was go round all the suspension springs with the thinnest oil I had, and put some under the bottom of the suspension springs where it rests on the Mc pherson strut, and just sprayed up inside the covers on the rear shockers . The noise disappeared. I think what happens is components dry out where they interact with metal surfaces.
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