Front drop link tip

dobby · Post by **dobby** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:26 pm

Had lots of clonking from the front end so I did the whole lot on the front in one go - links, brackets and bushes. All noises went.

Ava did the rear ones a couple of years ago and the noise then seemed obvious from the rear.

manners · Post by **manners** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:23 pm

Well after changing the front drop links and anti roll-bar bushes and still that annoying noise i think i have tracked down the problem

The fresh water tank when empty bounces up and down in its brackets and comes into contact with the inner sill

A bit of foam padding and filled it up no noise

dobby · Post by **dobby** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:57 pm

That's the downside of such a helpful forum!

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:37 pm

Good result there manners

So much for us wise guys

pilajake · Post by **pilajake** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:49 am

Soaked my nuts for 2 days

Tried Spanners on them , allen keys , Nuts still too tight

Angle grinder would not fit in housing around my very tight nuts

After many scraped knuckles , many saxonic swear words and chased the cat a few times
I gave up.

Needed a new tyre this week and when I was in the garage I enquired if they could have a look at my nuts

Lo and behold the mechanic put Bongo on a ramp and with his airgun took both wheels off and replaced the said drop links in 10 minutes .
No hassle no swearing and didnt even charge me

I cant believe the difference in how Bongo sounds since replacing front drop links

no clunking or clonking when driving or going over the many speed bumps in my town

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:38 am

Great news pilajake. Amazing difference isn't it. Like a new car again

Do the antirollbar bushes for good measure as they clunk too when worn

pilajake · Post by **pilajake** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:56 pm

Mikeonb4c

It is like driving a new vehicle

There is no clunking at the moment

Thanks for the tip about the bushes , I will have a look at them this weekend too see if they need changing.

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:49 pm

pilajake wrote:Mikeonb4c

It is like driving a new vehicle
There is no clunking at the moment
Thanks for the tip about the bushes , I will have a look at them this weekend too see if they need changing.

Obviously it all depends on the bolts coming undone easily. No point bothering otherwise until they are clonking. But on the assumption they perish at around the same age as the droplinks, its worth considering. V quick to do if bolts undo easly. Rather than buy new bushes I bodged mine beautifully by cutting up some bicycle inner tube and sleeving the old bushes (a tip from Dandywarhol). Worked great and saved a few quid.

See: http://s185.photobucket.com/albums/x259 ... %20repair/

Mike

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