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jimr19
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Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 206
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Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:50 pm |
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knocking noise is coming from somewhere at the front when parking turning the wheel left or right whats this then??  its always done it think its gettin worse |
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:01 pm |
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top mounts might be cracked, or the bearings or a balljoint. |
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Clarky
Newbie
Joined: 16 Sep 2006
Posts: 3
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Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:56 am |
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Have you had any work done to your car recently?
The reason I’m asking is because I had a similar knocking noise on my Laguna (old shape). Just like you describe it happened while turning at low speeds or if I was on a rough surface at low engine revs. It sounded like the exhaust manifold or something was loose and knocking on the bulkhead or the floor.
I had someone sit in the car while I gave everything I could find a good shake, on wobbling the engine I could here a squeaking coming from the top engine mount but inside the car it sounded as a knock.
On further investigation I could see that the engine mount hadn’t been positioned correctly after a recently cam belt change and I could see clean marks were the bolts had previously been, after slackening the mount and repositioning it to the marks the knocking stopped.
Hope this makes sense :) |
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jimr19
Level 7 User
Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 206
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Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:37 am |
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wheres the top mounts and bearings? , just changed drivers side ball joint advised by garage ,could be the other 1 yeah ive had gear box change and some other bits done recently |
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Peahole
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Joined: 12 Mar 2005
Posts: 243
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Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:20 am |
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To do the top mount bearings you are going to have to have the strut off the car. Easy job.
Top mount itself is the shiney goldish thing, bearing is located between this and the spring plate. If ure unlucky like me the top half of the bearing was corroded into the top mount.
[img:600:800:24b8294e18]http://www.renault-turbo.com/neal/H255HLF/07.09/struts.JPG[/img:24b8294e18]
*Borrowed from neals project thread* |
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jimr19
Level 7 User
Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 206
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Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:12 pm |
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mm they look nice, if i bought a suspension kit like spax would they come with mounts and bearings or use ur old 1s? how much are they ? |
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Peahole
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Joined: 12 Mar 2005
Posts: 243
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Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:11 pm |
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Your best bet it to keep it all standard, bearings are dirt cheap from GSF around £9 each. However the top mounts are expensive and reno only jobs unless you can find a good pair at the scrappers. |
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:12 am |
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thety only come with strut and sprin, no mount sor bearings, sometimes they come with the bumpstops but not always.
standard is by far best. |
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