darren johnson

i have just fitted uprated disks & pads to my 97 uk turbo since fitting and jacking the car up when i am pulling away or stopping at about 10mph or less ihave creaking noise,s from under the car. i have sprayed wd40 around what bushes i can see but to no availis it time to replace bushes, if so were do i start as there are so many? ps car as coverd 60k miles any help aprecated ?

steve170

sounds exactly like a problem I had, although not sure about the brakes bit.

It was the drop links on the suspension. I replaced all four yesterday, although 2 needed doing. Car had done 75k miles. Easy job, stopped the creaking, tightened up the handling too.

PeterPerfect

Darren/Steve

Is it creaking when you are steering at those low speeds ?

My MY99 (17k miles) has just started creaking AGAIN after the dealer claimed to have fixed it last month !
Is there a way to check for worn drop links ?

Cheers
Pete

darren johnson

yes mine does, being new to scooby,s and no mechanic i dont even know what or were a drop link is. DAZ

steve170

Rear drop links are C-shaped black plastic/rubber things. Fronts are metal, vertical links, about 4-6 inches long.

You can feel play in them if they are worn just by hand, give 'em a good shake, tug 'em about a bit. There should be no play in them.

ndouglass

Daz,

Have a look at the follwoing link, I believe this is what the Guys are on about "the OE Link"

darren johnson

thanks very much to all replies i will be ordering tomorrow and fitting at the weekend along with a full scoobysport exhaust system cherrs daz

darren johnson

thanks very much to all replies i will be ordering tomorrow and fitting at the weekend along with a full scoobysport exhaust system cheers DAZ