Suspension noise (front left hand side)

[Quintenperren]

Hey guys, I'm getting a suspension nock from the front left hand side, I've got coilovers and I've done lower control arms, tie rod ends and sway bar bushes done recently. Could it be the tower top bearing plate thingy ?

 

[TME_Steve]

Swaybar endlinks would be my first point of call

 

[Quintenperren]

They look okay

 

[Guest]

I had a knock, it was worse under left hand turns and if braking while turning.
Was fixed by replacing my engine mounts which were pretty shagged.

 

[Quintenperren]

Done my drivers side engine mount and front roll stop

 

[Quintenperren]

Happens when I go on a bumpy road and braking/taking off

 

[AKKO]

What LCAs did you use, genuine?

 

[Quintenperren]

No I wasn't on the forum when I bought them, so planing on replacing them with genuine ones late this year.

 

[AKKO]

Do it sooner, trust me

 

[Gt_Galant]

^^^^
Can't agree more !

Do it ASAP, they cost abit but worth it especially with what can happen. You never know it could be your aftermarket LCA.
What about your other 2 front control arm (the banana shaped ones) changed ? or still the original ? or ?

 

[AKKO]

It will be the LCA.

Cheaper than having it written off if you don't. Getting mine back on the road has cost me $1400 so far will be closer to $2500 after panel & paint.

 

[Quintenperren]

Did all 4 at the start of the year

 

[AKKO]

OK were they from world suspension on eBay or elsewhere?

Atleast in my case I suspect that they weren't good before being fitted, not enough grease in the joint itself and bound to eventually separate before normal...

 

[Nitephyre]

LCAs, engine/trans mounts, CV joints etc, check all those

 

[Quintenperren]

Unsure on eBay somewhere

 

[naughtika]

Unsure on eBay somewhere

from members previous experiences.. it is best to use genuine oem control arms.. even just for the straight ones as this takes up most of the load..

 

[TME_Steve]

They look okay

How do you know this?

 

[TME_Steve]

And yes genuine lca only

 

[Quintenperren]

Looked at them haha the rubber bushes look good, the car is up to 125000kms

 

[Snoozy]

I had a similiar problem, thought it was the struts. Changed them over but turned out my struts where fine. But my upper control arms werent tightened up to the chassis properly which caused the knock when turning up driveways.
Made sure they were tightened and no more knocks now