wierd knocking?? plz help

[tribalzed]

hi all can anyone help plz? ihave just bought my wife a saxo so she can learn to drive nothing special really 1.4 west coast!! few bits need doin on it to make it sweet!! i have a knocking on the passenger side front more so when i reverse! some times when i pull off but only when it just starts to pull off either! can anyone help at all??????

[werdna]

Sounds like driveshaft.

[BobC]

Hi, I agree with werdna.

Try looking for black oily grease around the wheel arch - it may have leaked from a driveshaft gaiter, the joint runs dry and wears out.

[tribalzed]

thanks for that will have a look and see what i can find!!! are the shafts a hard job on them??

[nappert]

if youve not replaced a drive shaft then wouldnt recomend it mate.

[werdna]

They are not hard to change at all.

I think i have seen a guide on here somewhere

[tribalzed]

is there anything i can other than replace the shaft or is that the only way???

[Gibbo-Vtr]

i had same problem mate it drove me nuts , it was knocking,squeakin the lot .. its quite common just changed driveshaft on it and it was fine..
and its pretty much the only thing mate hope this helps :y:

[laberridge]

is there anything i can other than replace the shaft or is that the only way???

New boot and cv grease. But thats not a easy task. Buy a second hand one with no knockin. New ones are around 70squid.

[saxokid100]

Yer its your drive shaft gone........