Knocking Noise Coming From Front Driver Side Strut.

[sdornan1993]

After replacing the top strut mount and drop tiebar. There is still too much play between the top mount and the bulk head. When going over a bump you can hear a rattle noise, as if there play between the top mount and bulk head. All bolts are tighten.

 

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks.

[sparky Paul]

There is still too much play between the top mount and the bulk head...

 

as if there play between the top mount and bulk head

 

It's normal to have about 10mm up/down play between the top mount and the suspension turret, the weight of the car keeps everything together under normal circumstances.

 

Knocking from the front suspension is nearly always faulty droplinks, check both sides - the tiniest amount of play in these causes horrible noises, and it's not always easy to determine which side, as the noise transmits down the antiroll bar. Rock the car with the roof rails, see if you can hear any of the joints clicking. If you can, get someone to continue rocking, while you grab hold of each joint in turn until the clicking stops.

 

After that, check the other likely culprits - bottom ball joints, wishbone bushes, ARB bushes, etc.

Edited August 6, 2015 by sparky Paul

[viperclive]

Change the anti rollbar bushes, they may look good but go hard and knock like hell.