Loud clunk when reversing
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Not sure if this is the right forum but here goes and thanks in advance for any advice.
Had a scary thing happen the other day when reversing out of a tight parking spot. I was on full lock (i know!) and there was a hell of a clunk type noise. I thought perhaps i had driven over something but couldn't see anything. Then i thought perhaps i have a slow puncture and the rim had touched the side of a pothole. The tyre looked a bit flat so i drove about 400 yards to the nearest airline and checked the pressure which seemed okay. Nervously drove home and have only done minimal mileage since. I have only reversed on full lock once and the same thing happened again.
Never had this happen before and it just happened suddenly. I had a full (90k) service only a month a go with no real dramas.
I would really appreciate any ideas as to where to start looking for a problem.
The car is a 94 UK wagon with full PPP.
Had a scary thing happen the other day when reversing out of a tight parking spot. I was on full lock (i know!) and there was a hell of a clunk type noise. I thought perhaps i had driven over something but couldn't see anything. Then i thought perhaps i have a slow puncture and the rim had touched the side of a pothole. The tyre looked a bit flat so i drove about 400 yards to the nearest airline and checked the pressure which seemed okay. Nervously drove home and have only done minimal mileage since. I have only reversed on full lock once and the same thing happened again.
Never had this happen before and it just happened suddenly. I had a full (90k) service only a month a go with no real dramas.
I would really appreciate any ideas as to where to start looking for a problem.
The car is a 94 UK wagon with full PPP.
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From: oustide the asylum?
Mine does this from time to time. Could be a number of things. Most aren't serious.
The possible problems could be:
- A badly seated spring (Had this on mine, and fixed it)
- lower ball joint getting worn (Not expensive, and quite easy to replace when the noise happens all the time)
- CV joint going (Unfortunately this may mean a replacement drive shaft
I would say that this is the most unlikely though.)
- normal brake pad moving noise (they all do that Sir!)
- the diff taking up load (again, they all do that from time to time Sir)
Personally, I'd not worry about it, unless it starts doing it constantly.
The possible problems could be:
- A badly seated spring (Had this on mine, and fixed it)
- lower ball joint getting worn (Not expensive, and quite easy to replace when the noise happens all the time)
- CV joint going (Unfortunately this may mean a replacement drive shaft
I would say that this is the most unlikely though.)- normal brake pad moving noise (they all do that Sir!)
- the diff taking up load (again, they all do that from time to time Sir)
Personally, I'd not worry about it, unless it starts doing it constantly.
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