could it be the anti roll bar
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could it be the anti roll bar
Hi all I have a knocking / clunking noise on the front end I have replaced the drop links both sides and a ball joint on one side. I noticed that when I changed the drop links it got worse if I steer from side to side when driving I hear a knock when steering left and right as in doom doom doom doom aa in a knocking noise no play in drive shafts it is doing my head in now please someone plz help me thanks in advance
Re: could it be the anti roll bar
Could be ARB bushes but I vaguely recall someone on here having issues with a loose steering rack, well worth checking it's all fastened down properly.
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Re: could it be the anti roll bar
Strut top bearings, maybe?
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Re: could it be the anti roll bar
Hi all again I didnt mention that when going down a road thats smooth with corners etc its fine hit a little bump and it knocks with a metalic sound as in dum dum dum I did jack it up on the anti roll bar tho so I could get the wheel off thanks in advance