FIX FOR !!clunking from front suspension - Page 2 - Saxperience

steveos_vts · 18th December 2006, 17:35

mate i can do it for you but it will probally take a few hours. i will probally find it easyer @ work to do but obviously you wont be paying there prices youll be paying mine

muchous cheapous.
citroen would charge you £71+vat per hour and book time is 4 hours 2 hours per side plus what ever the body shop charges £30 or £40 almost £400 quid

i do them for £90 that includs all the work and welding as i dont do welding so have to take them to the bodyshop to be done so as you can see muchous cheaper let me know email me as i dont get on here much any more

stevenheselwood@hotmail.com

jazzyc · 18th December 2006, 18:31

cheers bud, will be back in touch after crimbo

manc · 10th January 2007, 21:42

My clunk noise comes from the front driverside and is apprant when stationary and moving the steering wheel anti clockwise, it happens at slow speeds also, does this fit the criteria of loose suspension spring cup?

My car is a MK2 VTR 00' X 65k (90bhp engine).

ManC

VTSKris · 12th January 2007, 17:21

Had another look today and im pretty sure that its not a loose spring cup as it didnt move with a lever bar. The paint that has worn away is the same on both sides an i think its just from the rubber shiled. It sound like it is coming from near the top of the strut. Could it be the top spring cup or is it more likely to be the top mount? Really annoying me now.

leeroybrown · 12th January 2007, 17:29

i would put money on it being the strut top bearing that aint that much to buy
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VTSKris · 12th January 2007, 18:48

Cheers mate. I got it booked in on tues but its been in before and he couldnt find a problem. Hope i have better luck this time.

Cheers

manc · 12th January 2007, 22:13

Keep us posted on your results/findings, I am getting closer to getting a local garage have a look at this very similiar problem also, try and get some images also

Could worn shockers aid in this sound also?

ManC

steveos_vts · 14th January 2007, 14:47

yea could be top mounts what happens is the bearings dry out and become noisey but its no really a clonck more a grinding on turning or when going over bumps you can get a slight clonck

SaxOmniaC · 14th January 2007, 15:34

top man, gonna check this out cos its been bugging me for 6 months

VTSKris · 14th January 2007, 17:48

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Originally Posted by steveos_vts

yea could be top mounts what happens is the bearings dry out and become noisey but its no really a clonck more a grinding on turning or when going over bumps you can get a slight clonck

Well it started as a clunk but now is more of a grinding noise and happenes on nearly every turn. If this was the problem would it not still do it when the car is jacked up?

Cheers

SAM33R · 16th January 2007, 03:54

having same problem with my car, its driving me skits!

im getting it booked in to a garage although i would love to have a go myself but not sure what is causing the clunk

i checked my car earlier, got my mate to rock my car on the drivers side and i was looking at the spring, i could hear a pinging/clunking noise

im not sure whether the cup is broken or whether its the droplinks or balljoints

***also to add, when i brake, i get a slight clunk,then when i reverse, and apply the brake, get the clunk again***

could someone having same problem confirm the above? ^^^^***

thanks

sam

VTSKris · 16th January 2007, 12:04

The problem talked about in this thread is different. This is when people are on full lock or turning. Yours is when the suspension goes up and down and i would say it would be the droplinks. Only cheap to change even if it dont fix it

Hope this helps.

Kris

SAM33R · 16th January 2007, 13:27

so it clunks when only on full lock OR does it clunk when you move the wheel?

thanks

tashavtr · 21st February 2007, 23:08

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Originally Posted by SAM33R

so it clunks when only on full lock OR does it clunk when you move the wheel?

thanks

sorry to impose on this thread mine clunks on full lock also wen i go over bumps would i be wrong thinking it was one of my front wishbones??

tessan · 7th June 2007, 19:53

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Originally Posted by VTSKris

The problem talked about in this thread is different. This is when people are on full lock or turning. Yours is when the suspension goes up and down and i would say it would be the droplinks. Only cheap to change even if it dont fix it

Hope this helps.

Kris

Sorry to bring this back from the dead but this seems like the best thread on the subject.

Having exactly the same prob. Get a series of clunking noises when steering, and not just on full lock. Happens on any degree of rotation; faster I steer the more frequent the clunk.

But as with SAM33R, it does sometimes make a clunk when pulling away from stand still and this sounds very similar to the knocking noise when the droplinks fail ( I've had 4 replaced since ive had the car ) but in this case I dont think its the drop links that are the problem.

Really hope its something simple and not that welding issue

UltraSBM · 22nd September 2009, 17:51

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Originally Posted by tessan

Really hope its something simple and not that welding issue

Why not mate? Welding isn't that expensive if you know someone who'll do it outside of the garage.
I'd prefer for something to be a welding issue as it means it's not the part that will need replacing all the time, just a simple matter of bunging fifty notes to a guy down the road who is a welder by day, but does side jobs by night

steveos_vts · 15th August 2013, 22:12

Bump from the grave.