About a 1000miles ago full suspension refurb was done with new top mounts, poly wishbone bushes, subframe bushes and bottom ball joints. Happy days, lovely tight and quiet motoring returns.
One day while reverse parking in a move that required lots of steering lock; a creak was heard.
Creaking got worse but only seemed to do it after a drive of a few miles which was strange.
I isolated the steering damper as a cause by taking it off. No change.
I relubed the poly bushes. No change.
I swapped the rollbar drop link on the side that the noise seemed to be coming from. Sorted.
The upper most ball joint was VERY tight and all I can think is that in use it got warm and then tighter to the point of almost jamming. It really did sound awful inside and out of the car and the wife could feel it through the passenger foot well floor.
Message of this post is: got a funny noise from the suspension? Check drop links! They are around £20 for lemforder items and really do make a hell of a noise when they go wrong! The drop link on the other side was already new as the old one was rattling and it sounded like top mount failure to me until I grabbed and rattled the link and it's loose ball joints.
One day while reverse parking in a move that required lots of steering lock; a creak was heard.
Creaking got worse but only seemed to do it after a drive of a few miles which was strange.
I isolated the steering damper as a cause by taking it off. No change.
I relubed the poly bushes. No change.
I swapped the rollbar drop link on the side that the noise seemed to be coming from. Sorted.
The upper most ball joint was VERY tight and all I can think is that in use it got warm and then tighter to the point of almost jamming. It really did sound awful inside and out of the car and the wife could feel it through the passenger foot well floor.
Message of this post is: got a funny noise from the suspension? Check drop links! They are around £20 for lemforder items and really do make a hell of a noise when they go wrong! The drop link on the other side was already new as the old one was rattling and it sounded like top mount failure to me until I grabbed and rattled the link and it's loose ball joints.
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