The suspension, or something else, in my Ford Ka creaks when I go slowly over bumps - only at speeds below ~35mph and even if creeping over speedbumps it will still make the noise from front and rear (I think)
The car is lowered using -40mm lowering springs with stradard dampers.
Any idea where the noise is coming from or how to stop it?
Regards
Ben
In message , Ben Organ writes
I think the creaking comes from lower arm (front wishbone) bushes. They don't last very long on the Ka. On my wife's Ka it was noticed that the f/n/s one had started to go 8k miles from new. Her Ka has been creaking for a couple of years now.
It was serviced yesterday at 25k miles and the garage say that the f/n/s one needs doing within a couple of thousand miles and the f/o/s one has started to go but not so bad. I'm just about to post a question on replacing the bushes.
Does the creaking signify a problem though? Or does it just do it anyway?
Creaking is usually the ball joint, to prove it just attach a microphone to the arm and listen as you push the suspension down.
MrCheerful
In message , MrCheerful writes
Interesting. It doesn't creak if you push down on the wings, only when its actually being driven. I might drop the ball joint down and see if I can feel/hear anything.
Cheers,
I know the one - so why does it creak and how do I fix it?
Me too, seems to me like its a force pushing back on the wheel that makes it creak - ie when you go over a speed bump the wheel is pushed upwards and backwards (opposite to the direction of travel)
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