Hey guys, I recently had the dreaded rear shock clunk so ive replaced my whole suspension setup with driftworks coilovers.

Much to my disappointment, the clunk is still there! Although not as bad ,its still there, im so annoyed by it. It definatly sounds like its coming from the same place, the top of the passenger side rear shock.

Ive had the garage that fitted the suspension remove the knocking shock and carry out a thorough check on the shock, all seems to be ok.

They did mention a bit of play in the rear anti roll bar bushes.

Would this cause a noise similar to a knocking strut in the cabin?

I need to get this sorted because its making me hate the car!!

Cheers Lewis

 

Rear anti roll bar could indeed be the culprit, coupled with your old shock absorbers also needing replacing would have intensified the noise. Just to rule them out, I would get those bushes done and go from there...

 

Thanks for the advice, would a tired anti roll bar bush make such a loud noise on the top mount region in the cabin though? Its sounds exactly like the clunky shock .

But anyhow ill get that bush replaced, would you recommend any particular manufacturer of bush?

 

Are the shocks tight fitted correctly and tight?
Noises are hard to pinpoint, as what you think is one area, it's often another! Are the coilovers set up properly, mine made a clunking noise before lowering it down further...

 

Yep i went back to the garage and they rechecked everything was nice and tight so no problems there. It really does sound like the problem i had before... What sort of clunking noise did yours make before you lowered it more? Could you hear it loudly in the cabin? What diference would lowering the car do to make the noise go?
Cheers

 

Mine when lowered just put my force on whatever was rattling before. And yes, you could hear it loudly in the cabin bud.

 

Check the play in the anti roll bar bushes with the car sat on the ground, if theres any up-down or if the anti roll bar slides side to side then replace the bushes, poly bushes are a good idea on the anti roll bars, you have loads of different companies to try, powerflex and supeflex are the most common.

 

I hate noises like this!... Soo hard to pinpoint.
Just hard my rear wheel bearing done, could have sworn it was the passenger side, but I was completely wrong and it was drivers side

 

Will check for play this weekend, the garage that inspected my coilovers did mention play in the rear anti rool bar bushes so ill double check. Im praying that there is where the noise is coming from as its really doing my head in now.

And Dale, i replaced a shot wheel bearing a couple of weeks ago that was making an horrendous noise! So i know your pain when it comes to annoyying noises!

 

Found some replacement bushes, happy with the price too, but does anyone know which size i need?

http://www.scoobyparts.com/acatalog/...NE_BUSHES.html