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Dreadful Handling
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(18-04-2016, 01:48 PM)Eeyore Wrote: you can buy meyle HD wish bones which come with the pbushes and ball joints already on!

I really wouldn't recommend these, they are very highly priced and seem to suffer a lot of quality control issues.

WRT finding the noise, put a socket and bar on one of your front wheel bolts and use it to move the wheel back and forth, if you can get much noticeable play at all it'll be your p-bushes. Try driving round in a circle on full lock, if you get a clicking noise or the rumbling gets worse it's a driveshaft. Jack the front up and give the wheels a bit of side-to-side shake, you'll be able to feel play in the balljoints, should be able to see it if you get in there with a lever bar to wobble the joint while you look at it. It'll help if you can get an assistant to look while you shake or vice a versa. Same goes for p-bushes, lever bar behind them and if you can get much movement... Have a look with the torch to see what state they're in - perished rubber is easy to see.
306 HDi Deathtrap - 130bhp / 220lbft
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Dreadful Handling - by JTaylor2005 - 16-04-2016, 10:50 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Poodle - 17-04-2016, 07:08 AM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Piggy - 17-04-2016, 07:16 AM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by JTaylor2005 - 17-04-2016, 09:00 AM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by toseland - 17-04-2016, 09:25 AM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by JTaylor2005 - 17-04-2016, 09:41 AM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Poodle - 17-04-2016, 09:02 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by RetroPug - 17-04-2016, 08:22 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Dum-Dum - 18-04-2016, 10:29 AM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by JTaylor2005 - 18-04-2016, 01:35 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Toms306 - 18-04-2016, 04:51 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Eeyore - 18-04-2016, 01:48 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Poodle - 19-04-2016, 05:39 AM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by tigerstyle - 18-04-2016, 02:36 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by JTaylor2005 - 18-04-2016, 06:48 PM
Dreadful Handling - by DeeTurbo - 18-04-2016, 08:04 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Redordead89 - 18-04-2016, 08:57 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by adam b - 18-04-2016, 10:18 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Redordead89 - 18-04-2016, 11:56 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Toms306 - 19-04-2016, 07:11 AM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Piggy - 19-04-2016, 05:53 AM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Redordead89 - 19-04-2016, 10:49 AM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by JTaylor2005 - 29-04-2016, 02:56 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by MY95 - 29-04-2016, 03:24 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by JTaylor2005 - 29-04-2016, 03:39 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by MY95 - 29-04-2016, 04:29 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by JTaylor2005 - 29-04-2016, 04:54 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Toms306 - 29-04-2016, 04:57 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by JTaylor2005 - 29-04-2016, 05:37 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by MY95 - 29-04-2016, 11:12 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Toms306 - 30-04-2016, 09:02 AM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by JTaylor2005 - 30-04-2016, 10:18 AM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Frosty - 30-04-2016, 11:10 AM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Toms306 - 30-04-2016, 12:36 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Frosty - 30-04-2016, 05:33 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by JTaylor2005 - 30-04-2016, 11:15 AM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Frosty - 30-04-2016, 11:45 AM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by JTaylor2005 - 30-04-2016, 12:30 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by JTaylor2005 - 30-04-2016, 05:11 PM
RE: Dreadful Handling - by Paul_13 - 01-05-2016, 09:45 AM

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