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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:04 pm 
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i have a knocking sound when i hit a bump or a pothole in my suspension. is this a sign that i need to replce them?

how much would it cost to do the suspension and the bushes?

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 5:23 pm 
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Is it front or rear???
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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 5:28 pm 
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i had a bad knocking/clunking sound coming fromt he back. it was that one of my shockers had given up. not that expensive.

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 5:54 pm 
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it could be any of a number of things.. try describe the sound and where its coming from (front or rear). is it massive pot holes or happening even when u come out of a driveway? is your car lowered?

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:56 pm 
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as the man says could be a number of things! shockers, bushes, tie rods, steering rack, steering shaft, steering colum bearing, wheel bearings, exaust knocking almost anything!!!
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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:03 pm 
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my mums laser has the same sound, front left, small holes and slight bumps, makes a real heavy clunking sound

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:11 pm 
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yeah went to bowers suspension in newcastle today and they said it could be due to a wheel bearing that needs adjusting..... but i dont think this is the only problem :(

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:31 pm 
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is it from the front? or back?
is it lowered?

 

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Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 2:53 pm 
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yes it if lowered and it is front and back.
the tyres rnt scrubbing at all and i have never had a problem with that

the front could be a wheels bearing and i think something to do with the steering mechanism

 

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Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 6:12 pm 
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check the steering rack bolts aren't loose, this sounds like a weird problem, what are all the bushes like (swaybar, trailing arms, etc)?

 

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Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:41 pm 
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yeah the bushes are good but yeah i might get the steering bolts checked cause i had a bit of a problem with it a couple of months back. ....

cheers for that suggestion

 

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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 12:54 am 
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yeah steering rack bolts are always loose, for me they made a crackling sound when i turned my steering wheel slowly until i got em tightened..

you said your car is lowered: do you have a camber kit? after i got mine fitted, if i go over a seriously large bump it makes a clicking sound and it turned out to be one of the bolts sticking out from the camber kit clicking with my spring.. i just let it be coz i dont go over big bumps anyways

happens when i brake hard as well since my car tips forward

 

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