Front End Knock

[paulh]

Hi, have had a small knocking noise coming from the front suspension for a while, hit a pothole quite hard yesterday and its got a lot worse. It seems to be from the front offside, happens going over big bumps and also when the suspension loads up under heavy braking, steering doesn't affect if though. Can't see anything obviously wrong, is it likely to be the drop links?

[billywizzo]

Hi

Drop links are usually the first things to try.

Easy to change and not to expensive.

 

Bill

[grindermods]

Hi, have had a small knocking noise coming from the front suspension for a while, hit a pothole quite hard yesterday and its got a lot worse. It seems to be from the front offside, happens going over big bumps and also when the suspension loads up under heavy braking, steering doesn't affect if though. Can't see anything obviously wrong, is it likely to be the drop links?

 

hello new to the world of the galaxy but when shopping around i heard of warnings that the front strut top mounts can be a problem, the bit at the top of the front springs, a nasty job to do by what i read in a blokes advert on ebay who had changed them but went to a and e befor he finished.

[sparky Paul]

billywizzo's right, it's almost certainly the ARB droplinks - the rest of the front suspension is pretty robust. You may as well change both sides, if one is shot, the other is usually not far behind. Avoid the the really cheap ones off eBay, buy from GSF, or use some of the better quality factor parts such as Delphi or Motaquip.

 

The first set I fitted years ago were Motaquip, and I was very surprised to find that the boxes contained genuine VW drop links, complete with the VW part numbers moulded onto the back of the ball joints. However, as with all factor parts, manufacturers will vary and it's impossible to guarantee they will still be the same parts now.