Grinding noise under hard cornering.

[172-sport]

hi all i have got a ph2 172 and i have just fitted some FK coilovers and had the suspension set to 1.5 degree's of camber and standard toe.
but now i have got a very nasty grinding noise and vibration when cornering hard to the left. I was thinking it might have been the offside drive shaft but that seems to be ok.

any ideas?

thanks.

 

[MT AUDIO]

tyre catching the spring or arch?

 

[Chip-mk1]

Take the wheel off and look for clean metal on the inner wheel arch and look for a mark on the driveshaft plastic surround.

 

[Stefan.]

is it 100% a grinding noise or is it just scrubbing on the arches? how low is your car for a start, pic might help

 

[172-sport]

I have all ready checked for scrubbing and it all looks fine. It only started after having it set up.



The only pic I have.

 

[Stefan.]

that's still pretty low and when you are only going around corners hard i reckon its just scrubbing on the arches, mine will do it. if you where catching on something surely it would be making a noise all the time?

 

[Michaelfoz]

might be an idea buying spacers for the front
i have 10mm on the front
it improved my turning circle quite a bit as well lol

 

[Chip-mk1]

If it happened after you added mmore camber it's probably the driveshaft bottoming out.
Ph1 ones are slightly shorter and solve the problem if that's what it is.

 

[172-sport]

If it happened after you added mmore camber it's probably the driveshaft bottoming out.
Ph1 ones are slightly shorter and solve the problem if that's what it is.

I was wandering if it might have been this.

Can you fit a ph1 drive shaft to a ph2?

 

[Chip-mk1]

I was wandering if it might have been this.

Can you fit a ph1 drive shaft to a ph2?

Yes you can, its a non equal length setup though which IMHO is a downgrade.

 

[172-sport]

Ok thanks I think I will try the ph1 shaft as I have got one lying around somewhere.