Tomo1
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have this horrible knocking on my right side on my corsa sport, had the shocks done and new coils aswel, only had 1 shock done tho that one on the right side, could somebody help me in my sticky position im in.
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Ojc
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Ball joint
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sand-eel
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is this on full lock or over bumps?
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Tomo1
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it when i go over bumps?? driving<
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sand-eel
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balljoint it is then, actually on mine it did the knocking as well and i changed both track rod ends and it cured it, also a loose brake calliper can make this noise too as it happened to me as well.
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Tomo1
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is the ball joint a big job even tho its only on one side of the car??
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Tomo1
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its on on the back right hand side of the car??
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sand-eel
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na it's a very easy job
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sand-eel
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ooooooh at the back
It could be the rubber mount has perished then.
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Tomo1
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might just take it to a garage to be safe, the noise is on the back side is it still the ball joint??
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sand-eel
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^^ on the top of the shock
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sand-eel
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no the balljoints are at the front
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Tomo1
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ive had the spring changed and the shock absorber done to is the rubber mount different??
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Tomo1
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not good we cars
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Ian
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If changing the springs and dampers has introduced the problem I would first be asking the people who fitted those what they thought of it.
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Colin
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Spring might not be seated correctly
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Tomo1
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the noise was there b4 they fitting them and the problem is still there and i just cant get rid of the noise, what could be wrong??
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sand-eel
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has it been lowered?
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Tomo1
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not its not been lowered just had new spring and shock abs on the and its still there??
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Ian
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Could be many things.
CV joint wear would also sound like that to the untrained ear, except that you would generally hear that under partial acceleration or engine braking.
You really need it up off the ground so you can get under it and check for clean bits where parts are contacting or swing off stuff to check for play. Don't pull it off the jack.
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Ian
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Also - you say you have only changed one shock and left the old one on the other side? I wouldn't be comfortable with that myself.
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Tomo1
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done that everything looks in order nothing doing anything that it shouldnt be??
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Tomo1
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i wasent to could that also be the problem even tho its from the side that hs been changed??
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sand-eel
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your rear beam bushes could be ruined then
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Tomo1
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were are the beam bushes on the car??
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