knocking in boot?

[Simonh]

sounds like a rubbing. happenes when i pull off sometimes and when i shake the car about with the handbrake on. any ideas?

 

[nexussteve]

Does the car dip? Is it lowered? Do you have mudflaps?

 

[Simonh]

not lowered and no rear mudflaps...thanks for the quick response though

 

[NeX]

check the drop links on the rear anti roll bar, they make a banging sound when going over bumps, also check that the wheel bolts are tight, Danny1.0 was at the brighton meet, making banging noises from the front, then his wheels fell off. the studs were too short.

 

[Simonh]

yeh does it over speed bumps aswell

how do i check the drop links?

 

[andy]

are the exhaust hangers ok on ya backbox

 

[Simonh]

i think so ill check the exhaust


noise happens when pulling off sometimes...over speed bumps and when i shake the car from the inside....sounds like it is coming from the boot

 

[andy]

as ya wheel brace or jack moved and banging on the carbody ?

 

[Alexx117]

mines clunking aswel! ever since i lowered it - i think it may be the panhard rod sliding slighty as i deformed where it goes trying to get the old one out

 

[NeX]

yeh does it over speed bumps aswell

how do i check the drop links?

get to the back of the car and look inside the wheel arches, (easier with the wheels off but not essental) there is the rear axel, and coming off that towards the front of the car, is the anti roll bar, this is connected to the car by a little bar on each side which is about 3 inches long, it has a ball joint on each end. if there is a bit of play (moves even a tiny amount up and down) then that will be the cause. they are a right ###### to get off. i got one off my Lx with two spanners (one to hold it still and one to undo the nut) but the ones on my cabriolet had to be angle grinded off.

they seem like nothing but they make a sound as if the suspention is bottoming out and hitting the bottom of the car, it can be a loud tapping or knocking on the bottom of the car, which should be bias to one side, try folding the seats down to hear it better.

 

[Noddie]

I had this!

Turned out to be a small gremlin hanging onto the rear axle trying to smash my car up with a hammer

 

[jdmk11mike]

I had this!

Turned out to be a small gremlin hanging onto the rear axle trying to smash my car up with a hammer

damn u beat me to it

 

[jim_bling]

haha we have commedians among us tonight

 

[andy88]

did you remember to take the dead body out of the boot

 

[BG101]

It could be coming from the spare wheel holder, where you've kept the can .. er .. compost


BG

 

[sleeper_ss]

My droplinks started knocking very soon after I lowered the car,puts extra strain on them.
Very cheap from motor factors anyway..

 

[Simonh]

oh ####...the dead body thanks alds lmao...but no seriously ...it is actually a problem

 

[jowley]

it'll be the antiroll bar links im lucky to get mi ne to last 4000miles with the roads round here and the strain of the uprated antiroll bar lol

 

[Alexx117]

how about wheel bearings if its rubbing?

 

[BG101]

If it's wheel bearings it'll sound like stones in a metal hubcap. My K10 did, before I had the bearings replaced


BG