silvercorsabee
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Right this has been happening for a while now everytime i turn theres a clunking sound coming from the front of the car seems to happen more when turning at lower speeds....ive had it into a garage and the guy said its cos its so low which is shit because it was doing this before i got it lowerd any ideas??? 
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Root
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wheel bearings? suspension? does it come from the front yes?
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Mr-SEH
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Top mount loose?
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silvercorsabee
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Yeah comes from the front,, top mount loose has been suggested ill get it seen to
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D0NN3R
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bottom ball joint
lower arm bush
worn drive shaft
could even be the antiroll bar missing a mount
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silvercorsabee
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Got my mate to have a look and he says it's my driveshafts cos there movin about has this ever happend to anyone?
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nibnob21
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Sounds more like CV joints to me.
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silvercorsabee
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Even though there's movement in the driveshafts? The boys pretty clued up on his cars....
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Generation
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Confused.
How did he test for this movement
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silvercorsabee
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Jacked the car up and wiggled them about and he said it is not meant to move half as much as that and they made a clunkin sound like wat I've been hearing
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Root
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quote:
Originally posted by silvercorsabee
Jacked the car up and wiggled them about and he said it is not meant to move half as much as that and they made a clunkin sound like wat I've been hearing
You sure he didn't wobble the wheels when the car was jacked up to check for play in the wheel bearings/hub?
Also a clunking noise could be the ball joint(s).
[Edited on 10-08-2012 by Root]
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silvercorsabee
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Yeah im sure he never wobbled the wheels to check bearings ...
He just said he was sure it was my driveshafts as they were making a noise
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sc0ott
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Had a clunking issue on my old ep3 when turning. Turned out to be the top of the strut rubbing off the underside of the turret.
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*CorsaCal*
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Got fk coilies on the front? If so hold the spring and lock the steering over to see if the springs jumping round as oposed to smoothly turning.
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silvercorsabee
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quote:
Originally posted by *CorsaCal*
Got fk coilies on the front? If so hold the spring and lock the steering over to see if the springs jumping round as oposed to smoothly turning.
Nope
Was doing this before i got it lowered on standard springs
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Stuart H
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Cv joint
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Ian
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CV joint noise would be more apparent coming off load and wouldn't really be a clunk, its more of a load of hollow sounding little knocks as you introduce and remove load to the joint.
Can you isolate it to one thing, ie. if you changed direction three times would you get three clonks etc.
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silvercorsabee
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
CV joint noise would be more apparent coming off load and wouldn't really be a clunk, its more of a load of hollow sounding little knocks as you introduce and remove load to the joint.
Can you isolate it to one thing, ie. if you changed direction three times would you get three clonks etc.
Yeah its just like wat u described its like a series of little clunks wen i change direction
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.Matt
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Id say ball joint. Sounds like dust cover has broke and ball is seizing up.
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