Hi all

Got a knock coming from the drivers wheel area at low speed when turning left. Any ideas what it could be before I go ripping it to bits?


Cheers all

Rich

 

ball joint mate. all cars get this after a bit of wear and tear, do ya mean when your near full lock parking an stuff???

 

Yeah thats right, not necessarliy at full lock, just turning at low speeds. I have noticed it at low speeds when going straight too, but only a couple of times.

Passed the mot only a few weeks ago though, so I doubt its anything too drastic

 

Anti roll bar droplink showing it's age?

 

my mother had this and it turned out her suspension spring had snapped

 

sounds like a drop link rich, its the bar that goes from the shovk to the arb, have a look at bot joints and see what nick there in

 

Yeah I thought drop links too I'll have a look in a bit. Been so un-motivated to do anything apart from drive it lately

 

Its deffo not springs as it had a new set of eibachs put on it a couple of months ago.

 

Are you using Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres ?, had a few develop mysterious ridges, that had me 100% convinced that the joint was shagged, only when taking tyre off did I notice the ridges, so tried another wheel problem gone.
The ridges that developed were about 60-70 degrees apart, 4 in total, and that bad you could feel it tugging the wheel and clunking, never in a straight line though, it was perfect then.
tabetha

 

Thanks for the help, no I am not using F1's.

Jacked it up earlier but didn't have any axle stands so didnt get underneath the car, had a good poke around though and couldn't find anything loose or perished.

Might be a garage job i think!

 

This has just happened to mine. nothing to technical but a screw had come out the arch linen and was catchin on the inside of the tyre. . simple

 

Its a proper knock though, so I dunno. Its since stopped actually, i guess whatever was knocking has fell off. So err, problem solved i guess

 

CV joint perhaps? Lowered my saph (unintentionally) on eibach pro kit, and now under certain turning conditions, the O/S outer joint knocks like a good un. You checked this?

 

rust on the disc my mums car had

 

cv joint would be my guess

 

ball joint on the steering rack?