Front Suspension

[niall1001]

right guys,after a bit of help, i have recently changed the suspension on our ford galaxy,the thing is its now clunking from the front,poss the o/side????

 

the springs came from my 2001 alhambra as i thought the galaxy was too soft,ive fitted brand new monroe shocks,new top mounts and bearings,new drop links and anti roll bar bushes and its still clunking and im at a loss to what it could be,ive had it up on ramps and all seems tight under there!!!

 

the only thing i havnt changed is the anti roll bar itself as i know the alhambra sat lower could it be possible the roll bar on the galaxy cant cope????

 

any ideas guys????

[viperclive]

Try prising your rear bush on the wishbone, if the rubber has parted the wishbone rattles up and down knocking on the chassis.

[niall1001]

i thought that tbf,and the weekend i did change the bottom arms as 1 of them had almost split right across,but its still doing it,ive read that theres a bottom engine mount that can fail,but would make the same noise as a suspension clunk as that what it sounds like,my car is a 2.3 petrol....

[viperclive]

I have 2.3 ghia X petrol, I replaced every item on suspension (apart from roll bar) and still had clunks, it turned out to be play on struts, I could get a bic Biro under top cap, so I made two thick rubber washers/spacers and put them under the caps, it's a pleasure to drive now no knocking going over sleeping policemen, before the complete suspension unit was bouncing because of the play at the top of struts.

[niall1001]

the struts are brand new tho,i know there meant to be floating as thats the way they designed as when its on its wheels there bout 3/8" play on the top but thats how they meant to be,ive tried everythin i can think of and its got me baffled!!

[niall1001]

all sorted now,turned out to be the cheapo drop links i fitted,iv put genuine ford on now and it drives a lot better!!!