Member Since: 25 Jul 2017
Location: Bradford on Avon
Posts: 229
Does this clunk sound like a driveshaft? (Video)
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Clunk @ 36 seconds and onwards
I can only trigger this driving at low speed lock to lock. Can't replicate with the car stationary.
Can't find any movement in suspension components. All have fewer than 50k miles on them. Car drives fine and feels tight.
Driveshafts are original so have 210k on them :-p
28th Jul 2024 12:48 pm
MintyHit
Member Since: 25 Jul 2017
Location: Bradford on Avon
Posts: 229
Disregard.
It was the front lower arm bolt / adjustment.
Last garage to do the alignment obviously didn't torque them correctly... again. Luckily I marked with a paint pen so could see movement.
This is the 2nd time this has happened to me at different highly rated garages.
28th Jul 2024 2:22 pm
PROFSR G
Member Since: 06 Mar 2017
Location: Lost
Posts: 4960
I was just going to suggest it might be movement in the lower arm. Most "garages" do not understand the need for torqueing the bolts to 275Nm, and I recall one wheel alignment centre telling me their torque wrench didn't go that high. FFS
They fail to recall this suspension system is designed to raise and lower, so the bolts must be extremely tight or the centre bush will become loose in the housing.
You'll need to get it on a 4 poster and once the suspension has settled torque the caster and camber bolts to 275Nm. yµ (idµ - eAµ) ψ=mψ
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