maxtherotti Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Hi all well the recent purchase for the wife is making noises !!! its a 2001 hippo 1.8 manual its done 117k but in good nick with mostly fsh and original owner untill nov anyway when purchased did all the usual tests of reversing on full lock etc all ok all tho did feel like some drag present had 2 new tyres fitted to the rear still all ok done another 200 miles or so still ok went into a different part of town the other day and had some very high yet short speed humps and front suspension made some funny noises next day went out again only now when on full lock there is a clunking/knocking noise both forward and back and left and right no noise other than on full lock start to panic thinking oh no ird gone!!! so yesterday removed prop/vcu and tried noise is still there BUT i think the car has been stood for a good while recently as all window rubbers are green and moss in roof rails etc sp im thinking could this noise be from the inner cv joints ??? could they have gone really dry and cause such a noise? any one else experianced this? im thinking maybe the jolt from the speed humps pushed the bearing rollers further into the cups than they have been for a long time and maybe knocked some rust/carp out of them ????? please tell me i havent got another pup!!!!!!!! Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickcc Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 The CV joint runs in grease so shouldn't be any rust or carp in there, when they wear you get a knocking on full lock. I would suspect worn suspension rubbers especially as you get the noise when driving over speed humps, should be plenty of info if you do a search on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJF Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Check that the exhaust isn't rubbing on the body. Mine sometimes contacts the rear subframe on full left lock and makes a horrible grumbly noise. Rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Ball joints - steering, anti-roll-bar arms (they're £5 each and dead easy to do, likewise anti-roll-bar bushes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxtherotti Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 well its defo not the exhaust was also starting to think anti roll bar links so have just ordered along with new d rubber mounts Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDWM Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Look closely at the ARB. It can easily move off centre causing the ARB droplinks to touch the inner wing on lock. Look under the car when the wheels are in the straight ahead position and compare the position and angle of the droplinks. I have had this problem and after resetting the ARB fitted a couple of jubilee clips to the bar either side of the bush saddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MALLY9 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I have had this on both of our Freebie Sports and it was the centre bearings/rubber bushes half way down the prop either side of the viscous coupling. if it turns out to be these get genuine parts, i got some cheapies of ebay and they left a huge vibration issue and just needed doing again!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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