kbeast35 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) hi, i have a knocking noise that only seems to happen when turning under load coming from the drivers side, for example if i turn right 90 degrees it will knock once or twice and when i straighten up it will also knock once this also happens on left hand turns sounds like its coming from the drivers side wheel but does not happen when stationary applying lock left to right only when moving, drop links were replaced all round earlier this year so could it be a symptom of banana arm starting to fail or a ball joint somewhere along the steering? anyone had similar? Edited October 18, 2014 by kbeast35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Doesn't sound like B A N A N A B A R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Do you have wheel spacers? If so check the nuts are tight - if not check the wheel nuts anyway, if you have 15mm wheel spacers check the inside face of the wheel is actually sitting snug to them as the studs stick out and depending on wheel design can stop it fitting flush - have seen that before, the result was a click exactly as you describe. Simple but worth checking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbeast35 Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) I do have spacers fitted, usual 20/25 set up, thanks for the advice Edited October 1, 2014 by kbeast35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbeast35 Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 ok so heres the update, got it up on the ramp at a local garage and found this drivers side passengers side for comparison different angle drivers side and passengers side again for comparison and finally the part number so think i'll start with this first, can anyone tell me what this is? (i'm guessing banana arm due to the shape) and do i need to replace the whole thing or can i get a new bush/uprated bush? again any advice greatly appreciated 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITZ@CougarStore Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Kev, that's the usual failure with the banana arm bush slipping, if the ball joint is fine, it means you can have the bushes replaced with the SuperPro kit that we discussed... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbeast35 Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 thanks for the reply mitz i will be in touch over the weekend 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbeast35 Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 quick update for anyone having similar issues, took the car to cougar store where mitz and andy changed the bushes for superpro, took the car for alignment and the knocking was still there, although the bushes clearly needed changing got the car back up on the ramp and after a bit of investigating andy started to check tighten everything he had done, all good, took the wheels off check tightened the spacers again all good, check tightened the droplinks and found that they all went at least half a turn or more, problem solved no more knocks or creaks car feels planted and a pleasure to drive once again big thanks to mitz and andy as usual for fitting me in at short notice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITZ@CougarStore Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Good to catch up with you again, Kev... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Doesn't sound like B A N A N A B A R Glad you got it fixed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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