pockscooby10

how do, wonder if any one can help me, iv got a slight problem that doe'snt want to go away no matter what my mate and i do.
Iv got a knocking sound that seem's to be coming from the pasanger side suspension and we can't seem to figure it out.
And trust me when i say that we have had the whole lot off trying to find the problem, and we still can't find it.
Every things tight thats for sure, do you think it could be the exhaust knocking against the under side or not as this is the only thing that we can think off thats making the noise.
any suggestions would be very gratefull.

mtaz

Can u be bit more detailed about the noise like does it increase/decrease on different roads and speeds?
If you think its the exhaust, have u checked the bushes?

pockscooby10

yep the sound only comes to my attention when im on a bumby road. we checked the rear and middle ones when we fitted the new system altho we may check them again when we fit the new brake set up.

linky

sounds like the dreaded rear strut issue.....If it is, this is a common fault with them. I have a 04 sti with 16k miles on the clock and passenger side is knocking also. If you jack the car up and use something to move the rear wheel in question up and down you can see that there is play in the internal shock bushes. slight side to side movement when the strut is moving up and down.
There is alot of posts on the subject on this site.

Hope this helps

mtaz

im afraid it does sound like its the strut.. i had same problem few weeks back...
https://www.scoobynet.com/suspension...ble-cause.html

and it turned out to be rear strut

Simon Holmes

After I read this the knocking could come from your camber rod inner bolt as mine did the same, I took it back to the dealer after my camber checks and they FORGOT to tighten the adjusting cam nut and bolt assembly back up! Hope this helps.

pockscooby10

cheers guys for your help and i'll check evry thing at the back end, hopefullyi'll have a few pics of me pride and joy (when it's working fine lol)

Martin-STI

Rear shocker as usual, on third pair on a 2005STI

pockscooby10

martin: your on your third pair on a car thats only 2/3 years old and i thought mine was a pain in the **** ( and wallet) lol