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 Creak when steering and one jangling rattle?
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Grazbag
Level 1 User

Joined: 25 Sep 2005
Posts: 24

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:30 am

When I am parking or driving slowly I notice that my ren 19 phase 2 creaks. It does not do it all the time but its like a cracking noise. Its been suggested its the CV joints by a mate but I am no mechanic and dont want to spend a furtune if its not? Any ideas on how to test it??

Also, I have owned the car 2 months and since picking it up there has been a strange jangling rattle coning from underneath when i hit a bumb or manhole cover. Its best decribed as sounding like a steel ring on a scafold pole when its jangles. Thought it could be the clutch rel bearing but is no dfferent if the pedal is depressed or not?

Thanks in advance

Embarassed
Wicked Neo
FCS Event Manager

Joined: 04 Jan 2005
Posts: 3680

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:38 am

hmmm the jangling rattling noise could be a suspension component, check the nuts on top of the struts, one of mine has a habit of working itself loose and i get that kind of noise.
Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Posts: 19978

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:44 am

check the top mounts ain't cracked.
roddy21t
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Joined: 05 Jan 2005
Posts: 589

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:42 pm

My black ph2 1916v made the cracking noise when turning slowly, it turned out it was the top mount bearings as Chris says.
Grazbag
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Joined: 25 Sep 2005
Posts: 24

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:49 pm

Thanks for the replies guys, very helpful.

As my status dicates, I am a novice with the car,is it a hard job to check these mounts and is it a costly repair? Embarassed
Wicked Neo
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Posts: 3680

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:55 am

if the top mounts are cracked you should be able to see it

open the bonnet and look either side where the struts bolt on

Image

thats a pic of mine when it had a cracked top mount
Neal
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Joined: 18 Feb 2004
Posts: 7432

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:15 am

all 4 of mine are cracked , the other 2 are unknown at the moment but probably also cracked... not bothered really. Rolling Eyes
Grazbag
Level 1 User

Joined: 25 Sep 2005
Posts: 24

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:36 pm

Thanks for the pic, where am I looking for tor the crack? sorry to sound like a dork! Like I said, I am a novice!!!!!
Grazbag
Level 1 User

Joined: 25 Sep 2005
Posts: 24

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:01 am

I have checked for the craks as shown in the picture and mine appear to be fine, its almost like a griding noise. To check the mounts do I need to jack up the car and drop the strut out? Is there a like a mount at the top that could have perished causing a metal on metal noise?

Thanks again.
Chris H
Forum Moderator

Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Posts: 19978

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:19 am

the bearing may have gone

pop the strut out, its not hard
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