Clonking new shocks & springs

[Tile seller]

Good evening all
I've just had new shocks and springs fitted to my 58 plate clio campus and there damn noisy.
The garage rechecked their work today and can see nothing amis but can hear the clonking too.
Would anyone have any ideas as to what's wrong?
Thanks

Chris

 

[White16valver]

Are the top mounts just sticking out of the turrets and then dropping onto the turret face when the body is moving upwards and the surface is falling away, such as over a sharp bump?

 

[gez 172]

That’s strange - it’s on the unload too, at the top - it’s not knocking on the way down.

Have you got new top mounts?

 

[Tile seller]

Evening,
White16valver: It's hard to see in the video but, as far as I could tell the top mount wasn't hitting the turret face.

Gez172: No new top mount that I'm aware of.

These were mot repairs and it's now passed. Both sides were done and both sides are the same.

 

[Tile seller]

Upon rewatching the video, I noticed an option called 'stabilise' which has shown up what the top mounts doing without the car body movement.

As mentioned above, is does indeed look like the top mount clashing against the turret.

 

[White16valver]

When you look at that video, it looks like the struts are actually twisting within the hole?? (might just be my eyes, and if they are doing it, maybe they are meant to??)

IIRC it's not terrible if the damper top mounts are proud of the turrets, but I've never understood why, given you will surely have the body moving independently of the suspension over and bumps?!?

We need someone with some technical skills in here, rather than me lol


Do bump stops kind of hold everything in place? Could they be worn/missing? (Am guessing now.)

 

[Tile seller]

I'm going to try wedging some thin rubber or something between the top mount and turret and give it a bounce tomorrow.

 

[gez 172]

I think they’ve (the garage) not re-fitted something

 

[Krarl]

Top mount rubber and bearing will be shagged or the garage have fucked up somewhere like a set of shaved chimps

 

[Tile seller]

After complaining ect, the cars been back in the same garage.
The new shock absorbers were faulty

 

[c6mby]

After complaining ect, the cars been back in the same garage.
The new shock absorbers were faulty

glad your getting it sorted