knocking noise wont go away !

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knocking noise wont go away !

Post by white.akita » Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:47 pm

hi, i have a loud fast knocking noise from the front of the car over uneven road surfaces, over speed bumps it fine so more of a side to side movement that makes it knock.
because of this i have fitted coilover suspension but the same noises are still there.
all the front suspension arms have been changed 2 month ago by the previous owner to stop the noise but that never worked.
steering rack,subframe bolts,arb bushes,wheel bearings,all suspension arms,top mounts have all been checked and all found to be perfect.
anyone have any ideas what it could be ? could it be engine mounts very very worn ?
it sounds like a very worn or very loose arb, or maybe top mount type of noise but they have been checked recently.

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Re: knocking noise wont go away !

Post by rs user » Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:33 pm

what coilovers did you go for in the end?

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Re: knocking noise wont go away !

Post by white.akita » Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:57 pm

Same as yours

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Re: knocking noise wont go away !

Post by CharlieD » Wed Jul 19, 2017 11:46 pm

Looks like you went over everything but did you check the droplinks to see if they are loose? I had lots of knocking for ages and it turned out to be them.
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Re: knocking noise wont go away !

Post by Harris. » Thu Jul 20, 2017 9:11 am

Same problem after fitting Bilstein B14's . All the arms , droplinks were changed and Tuesday I did ARB bushes from Powerflex .

I've now got to send the shock back to get it checked.

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Post by MrHilario » Thu Jul 20, 2017 10:25 am

Are you going to advertise this on here once you've fixed it?
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Re: knocking noise wont go away !

Post by TommyC » Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:09 pm

MrHilario wrote:
Thu Jul 20, 2017 10:25 am
Are you going to advertise this on here once you've fixed it?
Maybe its the sound of his profit taking a knocking :sekret:

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Re: knocking noise wont go away !

Post by Harris. » Sat Jul 22, 2017 9:23 pm

Swapped springs over along with the collars .

No more noise .

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Re: knocking noise wont go away !

Post by rs user » Sat Jul 22, 2017 9:35 pm

just ordered a set bilstein b14
hope they are an improvement on the sub £200 ones the car came with fitted...
its mainly a bit more height i want so will set as high as i can

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