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knocking sound coming from passenger side rear area?

Postby akay47 » Sat Nov 29, 2014 3:06 pm

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Re: knocking sound coming from passenger rear area?

Postby akay47 » Sat Nov 29, 2014 3:32 pm

How can you tell if you have a knackered bush? And the last pic shows you the top of the shocks. The top of it has a little nob that you can turn and set. So one way will make it stiff and the other not stiff. Which way is for the stiff?
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Re: knocking sound coming from passenger rear area?

Postby Danny Kierans » Sat Nov 29, 2014 4:35 pm

you will have to get a pry bar and lever every bushing to see if there is to much play. most the time checking by eye will not show you.
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Re: knocking sound coming from passenger rear area?

Postby gazmcg89 » Sat Nov 29, 2014 7:25 pm

Edit read first post wrong

Exhaust has some clean bits in pic is it catching body at all ?
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Re: knocking sound coming from passenger side rear area?

Postby brccrx » Sat Nov 29, 2014 9:34 pm

Check all the bushes as Danny say, then you will know fir sure, but most likely if thats not your dog bones its the
Bottom susppension to trailing arm bush.
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Re: knocking sound coming from passenger side rear area?

Postby gino » Sun Nov 30, 2014 2:55 am

Hi.
Are those tein super street coilovers? They look like them. I have the same set on my Vr. Had a very annoying knock I couldn't pin down for ages. Tried everything. Eventually figured out its the damper part of the shock. If you take the unit out, remove the spring etc and just push the damper rod in and out, it will make the knocking.
For some reason it looks and works perfect just makes that really annoying knocking. Only takes a few mins to check.
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Re: knocking sound coming from passenger side rear area?

Postby akay47 » Sun Dec 07, 2014 12:42 am

Will have a look guys thanks for info.
Gino I don't know if they are what you Say cos I can't really tell cos of the state it's in. I can read TEN on it that's about it. Did u cure the knocking Like getting new shocks? Cos it's bloody annoying!
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Re: knocking sound coming from passenger side rear area?

Postby gino » Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:28 pm

Ha they are tein shocks I'd say. Only cure is a new shock. It will drive you mad if you leave it.
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Re: knocking sound coming from passenger side rear area?

Postby akay47 » Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:05 pm

Yes mate your probably right. I'm gonna change the bushes then the shocks and it's gonna be a ball ache.
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