massive vibration coming from the front end of the car and gets worse under braking....STOP!!! its not all the time....all the wheels are balanced,tracking etc...it comes and goes....u can thrash the car and its fine...then every now and again its like "jelly on a plate"..... its in the garage tomorrow getting the brakes checked to see if they're binding on....anyone had this before...???? cheers Pete

 

Read the post i just put up mate

 

no fella it was the first port of call

 

hello...me again

 

compliance bushes????

 

...wtf are they.....

 

stop the front wheels moving back and forth.

ball joints?

 

everytime i get a sierra never mind a cossie i get polybush ones,and i can honestly say probably the best mod ever

 

or a shonky cv joint inner or outer....

 

the cars been poly bushed front and back....could the brakes sticking do this or not...see it comes and goes

 

My car is in at the moment with a similar type of noise.
its a 4x4 saph and ive been told the prop shaft is basically fooked.
maybe worth having having it checked out.

 

i had a knocking on a old xr4x4(same set up)

turned out to be the front small prop aswell

or my mate had it also thought it was that and turned out to be transfer box..............

 

all props ,drive shafts have been done if worn and the gearbox has just been re-coned...been in the garage today and they're stumped aswell...u can drive for a week and its fine then all of a sudden its shacking its cock off....anyway bttt.....

 

CV Joint!

 

checked today Mike...all fine apparently same as the wheel bearings...its back in on Monday to start again

 

what make bushes are they?
I had the same problem with mine & it was the large tca to arb bushes that were shot.
they were deflex btw

 

so are mine....done last March

 

I remember one of the letters in PF or FF a few years back that described a similar problem. The juddering eventually caused a massive transmission failure. IIRC it was caused by a dodgy sensor, possibly a temp sender or something. Cant remember much more than that though!

 

for fucks sake....just put all new sensors in.....wounder if one's dodgy.. ...i have thought "is that the engine" cos it comes and goes so randomley...... but there is that much noise and vibration u just cant tell

 

if the bushes are deflex then change them!!!!!!!
they are shit & are what caused the problem with mine.
put a breaker bar on 1 of the front wheel nuts and try to tighten it & u will probably find the the whole strut will move.

 

...we've had the Deflex debate before on here and the majority of people are happy with them so i'll wait and see if something else is found before changing bushes...........

 

inner track control arm bushes worn ? as well as some of the above mentioned items

 

I only use Powerflex....

 

Other than TCA bushes and discs/bearings etc I can't bring anything new to the table........BUT, was it NUTTER that had a problem like this and found it down at ZOO with Brom eventually. I know his was 2wd but it might be worth looking?

 

....i a bet u get them cheap aswell..... ...the bushes were put in last march and the car has been off the road for 5 month in between anyway i phoned grove today and Mark give me somethings to check, and the brakes are getting a service....cheers guys

 

been fine since the last post.....well the fucka happened today

 

have u checked the exhaust is not hitting the chassis leg ??

 

yes dave...ta for that....its like a fukn earth quake...not a little buzzn

 

gearbox mount?? Did you not put an uprated one in aswell as the engine mounts?

 

no mate new ford one just like i was told...the only thing we could find on the car that was worn was both bottom ball joints and they have been changed....also took the brakes apart and regreased the pistons in case they were binding on....3 weeks and the car is fine.....then it does it again....fukn sick as fuck..... ..

 

Have you checked the engine mounts?

 

...brand new collins alloy ones.....its a fookin' mysterey

 

what a cunt.....perfect car to drive (when its sweet)...plenty people would sell at this point....na, i luv it toooo much

 

I had something similar on my saph a couple of years ago. it was one of the front calipers sticking. replaced and prob went away. Could it be that the regreasing of the pistons has only sorted it temporarily? might be worth getting them off again and having another look now.

 

6 pots mate....wot can i do...???? its just ball breaking...