MoparBrit
HillingdonDart
Thought I'd ask before I get under the car again to see what is the problem. Car drives great, we drive it around for a bit and then we start hearing a thump, thump, thump sound from the front end whenever the car is turned even just a little bit to the right. Sounds like it is from the driver side.
If I had to describe the sound it is almost like a drive axle on a FWD that has gone out on the inner CV. Not the click, click, click sound of the outer joint, but the thump sound you can get from the inner. Will make the sound on smooth road or not.
I redid the front suspension with new upper and lower control arm bushings, new ball joints upper and lower, new tie rod ends with new sleeves, new inner tie rod ends, new strut rod bushings. Now not saying much and when I heard the sound I thought oh great something is loose or I did it wrong. Well, jacked the car up on the drivers side (side where the noise seems to be from) and tried the old wheel and bearing play. Grabbed the top and bottom of the tyre and tried to get any movement/wobble ... nothing. New wheel bearings and races by the way. Got under the car and tightened the tie rod sleeves a bit, removed the heat sheild thing that was bolted to the frame up front as it looked slightly close to the inner tie rod, greased everything until I ran out of grease. Got the whole front end with the exception of the DS inner tie rod and upper ball joint. Thought perhaps it could have been something to do with the strut rod so I tightened the large nut on each a bit. Checked the passenger side wheel as well. It seemed to have a little play so I re adjusted the wheel bearings that side. All lug nuts tight. New BF Goodrich tyres on the front, new alloy wheels.
So what could it be? Any ideas? Don't want my wife driving it until I find out for sure all is okay. I did not get to check the upper ball joint to see if it was stripped out, but then I would think that it would make noise on bumps etc. etc. with that and I'd have a real problem with alignment etc. Going to have a look though this weekend just in case.
Thanks for any help.
Cheers
If I had to describe the sound it is almost like a drive axle on a FWD that has gone out on the inner CV. Not the click, click, click sound of the outer joint, but the thump sound you can get from the inner. Will make the sound on smooth road or not.
I redid the front suspension with new upper and lower control arm bushings, new ball joints upper and lower, new tie rod ends with new sleeves, new inner tie rod ends, new strut rod bushings. Now not saying much and when I heard the sound I thought oh great something is loose or I did it wrong. Well, jacked the car up on the drivers side (side where the noise seems to be from) and tried the old wheel and bearing play. Grabbed the top and bottom of the tyre and tried to get any movement/wobble ... nothing. New wheel bearings and races by the way. Got under the car and tightened the tie rod sleeves a bit, removed the heat sheild thing that was bolted to the frame up front as it looked slightly close to the inner tie rod, greased everything until I ran out of grease. Got the whole front end with the exception of the DS inner tie rod and upper ball joint. Thought perhaps it could have been something to do with the strut rod so I tightened the large nut on each a bit. Checked the passenger side wheel as well. It seemed to have a little play so I re adjusted the wheel bearings that side. All lug nuts tight. New BF Goodrich tyres on the front, new alloy wheels.
So what could it be? Any ideas? Don't want my wife driving it until I find out for sure all is okay. I did not get to check the upper ball joint to see if it was stripped out, but then I would think that it would make noise on bumps etc. etc. with that and I'd have a real problem with alignment etc. Going to have a look though this weekend just in case.
Thanks for any help.
Cheers