Please any ideas are welcome im getting desperate !!!

[raviedavie]

Hey all, im sure your all as bored of this as me but im getting desperate now. I just cant get rid of my knock !

Its had new Engine mounts ( all of them ) new driveshafts, new top mounts, new poly Bushed ARB inner and outer, new poly dogbone, new poly Rack bushes, new TRE's new TIE rods, new ball joints, Alignment, Steering rack tightened, heatshield tightened, all bolts checked and tightened, caliper pins checked, all new exhaust mounts, new tyres, coilovers taken apart and refitted, new rear poly bushes and its still clonking !!!

ANY suggestions are welcome guys ive spent ££££'s and its driving me mad. Pretty much entire new suspension and im still in a tumbledryer !!!!!
Thank you

 

[182Trophy]

When does it knock?

 

[raviedavie]

When does it knock?

When moving off, normal driving, when coasting, when moving wheel left or right when stationary and moving pretty much all the time

 

[Rob669]

Mine Ph1 172 has knocked for nine year's, since it was four years old always when moving off (more of a sort of dull noise than a knock). I've lubricated all the parts that could do it, replaced all the suspension and mounts, and I've taken the engine out three times (not to just try and find the noise!). It still does it on the nearside somewhere at the front. Fred the Great (BTM) just shrugged at it and said 'some of the do that'. Unless it's really bad it may be something you have to put up with. Other option is take it to a specialist on here, if you are in the SW take it to Dan at SJM http://www.cliosport.net/forums/cliosport-traders.71/.

 

[182Trophy]

Could you put it on rollers that check damping? Identifying exactly what area it is coming from?

 

[raviedavie]

It's just weird. I'm thinking maybe coilovers are shot, it seems it's drivers side front but might of just convinced myself that ! It makes a nasty grinding noise on full lock left but not full lock right ?

 

[car.crash]

Loosen the engine mounts and pull the engine towards the front of the car and retighten them.

 

[joebloggz]

Put it on shaker plates and check underneath as being shaken

 

[welshname]

Could be the rack itself.

 

[raviedavie]

Loosen the engine mounts and pull the engine towards the front of the car and retighten them.

When fitted new engine mounts it was crow barred forward as far as it would go mate

 

[dann2707]

I had this, had a knock for ages and it turned out to be a wheel bearing. I'll find you my thread as I changed lots of things like what you have.

 

[dann2707]

http://www.cliosport.net/threads/car-pulling-when-accelerating-clunking-when-changing-gear.759943/

And just to confirm, the bearing was fine, it was actually the bearing carrier that had been damaged. The shaft had a massive lip on it.