i can hear creaking when i take the car off the erb and when on full lock sometimes
any ideas
i thought it might be ball joints, and further light???
creaking at front
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by batwad</i>
Dude, is this all still the same car? Why on Earth did you buy it? [}:)][;)]
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cuz i got it cheap
so far inc repairs it was cost me £150 and thats including the new ball joints i bought today
i will fit them and then find out if it sorts the problem
Dude, is this all still the same car? Why on Earth did you buy it? [}:)][;)]
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cuz i got it cheap
so far inc repairs it was cost me £150 and thats including the new ball joints i bought today
i will fit them and then find out if it sorts the problem
I had lots of movement and clonking on my car when holding the wheel there. It turned out to be the hole that the balljoint slots into on the hub had ovalised. This had been caused by the groove in the balljoint being worn or the bolt having thread where it goes through the groove on the balljoint, which gets depressed and allows the balljoint to move up and down.
Replacing the balljoint does nothing in this case and a new hub is required to fix the problem.
Replacing the balljoint does nothing in this case and a new hub is required to fix the problem.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by snoble80</i>
I had lots of movement and clonking on my car when holding the wheel there. It turned out to be the hole that the balljoint slots into on the hub had ovalised. This had been caused by the groove in the balljoint being worn or the bolt having thread where it goes through the groove on the balljoint, which gets depressed and allows the balljoint to move up and down.
Replacing the balljoint does nothing in this case and a new hub is required to fix the problem.
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does sound logical
I had lots of movement and clonking on my car when holding the wheel there. It turned out to be the hole that the balljoint slots into on the hub had ovalised. This had been caused by the groove in the balljoint being worn or the bolt having thread where it goes through the groove on the balljoint, which gets depressed and allows the balljoint to move up and down.
Replacing the balljoint does nothing in this case and a new hub is required to fix the problem.
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does sound logical
On my 306 phase 1 it creaks going up and down kerbs, but the phase 2 I have driven does not. I have heard that it is body flex on the phase 1's causing this, and the phase 2's are much stiffer, having something like 1000 more spot welds when they were made. I'm not sure how true this is though. Its only very slight though, you can hardly hear it. Any louder than barely noticable would mean something else, rear beam bearing perhaps?