Knocking noise

in article snipped-for-privacy@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com, deaks at snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk wrote on 10/12/2006 20:14:

Sounds very likely. Usually it's the bushes that go, leaving the ARB slopping around and making a knocking noise, especially when you first accelerate and around corners.

It's not a huge job and if you like your car (read: want to keep it for a while longer and want it to corner like it's on rails), try PU bushes. You get much more driver feedback, too.

Paul

Thanks for the info Paul. Is this something I can replace myself or will I need to take it to a garage to get it done ?

Will it cause any serious damage if I leave it for a while ???

Thanks for your help with this, Im not really mechanically minded !

Cheers

Paul Halliday wrote:

I think you answer your own question regarding a DIY repair... As for damage, who knows as we are only assuming that the problem is the ARB bushes, if nothing else you need to have the cause confirmed and if you can't do it yourself you need someone who can to *look* at the car.

Could be the joints at the ends of the ARB - they'll knock when going over bumps when worn IIRC

TF

"Tony Fisk @tesco.net>"

going over

Could be many things, that is why the car needs to be inspected by someone who is competent to find the fault and assess it, you can't diagnose faults like this by [Usenet] text messaging!