L322 front suspension "creak"

long shot but put 2 new bolts in lower leg to hub + new lower arm bolts, old ones could be slightly worn/oval.also even though its recently passed a mot id still look closely at the track rod end

Thanks for replies.

wil2813 said:

also even though its recently passed a mot id still look closely at the track rod end

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You could well be onto something there Will.
Had a play about with it today, a deffinite knock through the steering whilst wobbling it and play with both the ball joints, even more so on the O/S. The Knocking/rattle seems to have got slightly worse after fitting new susp arms and lower track arms yesterday too.

Needless to say..... 2 Delphi track rod ends on order
Fingers crossed... Will let you know
Cheers

I have the same issue and have dunlop front struts so will be interested to see what cures yours but the following link may be of interest which blames the strut. I also have a front suspension overhaul planned

http://http://forum.landrovernet.com/showthread.php/225104-L322-Could-this-be-a-faulty-suspension-shocker

Update:

Right, yesterday fitted both inner and outter track rod ends both sides with no issues (believe it or not!) and it's transformed the steering. Old ball joints very loose in particular the inner ball joints the
Rack end, even more so worn was the O/S one.
It's Much better, deffinitely much Less clonking/knocking noises, However being pedantic there is still a very slight knock at very low speed (1- 15mph) over uneven ground.
Everything front suspension/steering joints all replaced now.
Question, the gaskets ontop of the front strut assm that meet with the top of the arches, are they purely there for corrosion purposes?

Thanks guys.

robhew86 said:

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Question, the gaskets on top of the front strut assm that meet with the top of the arches, are they purely there for corrosion purposes?

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I believe it's to stop water firing up into the engine bay when hitting puddles at speed and is referred to as a sealing washer on spares sites.

If you didn't have one it may cause a noise but i am guessing if your struts are done up tight at the top they wouldn't move unless it's the strut itself reference my link above.

Did you tighten the front suspension with the weight on the vehicle?

I know my CV joints make a noise or could be anti rollbar bushes maybe ?

holidaychicken said:

I believe it's to stop water firing up into the engine bay when hitting puddles at speed and is referred to as a sealing washer on spares sites.

If you didn't have one it may cause a noise but i am guessing if your struts are done up tight at the top they wouldn't move unless it's the strut itself reference my link above.

Did you tighten the front suspension with the weight on the vehicle?

I know my CV joints make a noise or could be anti rollbar bushes maybe ?

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Thanks for reply.
The lower arms And suspension arms were done up with vehicle weight on them, but the struts themselves were not.
I did remove drop links the other week to rule out ARB bushes, took it for a spin and knocking Noise was still present!

holidaychicken said:

I believe it's to stop water firing up into the engine bay when hitting puddles at speed and is referred to as a sealing washer on spares sites.

If you didn't have one it may cause a noise but i am guessing if your struts are done up tight at the top they wouldn't move unless it's the strut itself reference my link above.

Did you tighten the front suspension with the weight on the vehicle?

I know my CV joints make a noise or could be anti rollbar bushes maybe ?

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Thanks for reply.
The lower arms And suspension arms were done up with vehicle weight on them, but the struts themselves were not.
I did remove drop links the other week to rule out ARB bushes, took it for a spin and knocking Noise was still present!

Does it only knock when turning, just thinking CV joint ?

holidaychicken said:

Does it only knock when turning, just thinking CV joint ?

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No it does it im a straight line too over very small minor bumps/uneven surface.
Can a few of you do me a favour;
Get someone to rock steering wheel slightly with engine off whilst other person feels inner track rod and feel/hear the rack knocking?

Is this normal? If it's not normal, wondering if its the vertical movement of bumps etc is causing rack to knock.
Thanks!

robhew86 said:

Thanks for reply.
The lower arms And suspension arms were done up with vehicle weight on them

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Can somebody confirm it's just the bush ends that need to be torqued up properly WITH the weight of the vehicle on them and not the ball joint ends too ????

robhew86 said:

No it does it im a straight line too over very small minor bumps/uneven surface.
Can a few of you do me a favour;
Get someone to rock steering wheel slightly with engine off whilst other person feels inner track rod and feel/hear the rack knocking?

Is this normal? If it's not normal, wondering if its the vertical movement of bumps etc is causing rack to knock.
Thanks!

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I may be under mine later today for an oil change, i'll try and get somebody to wiggle my steering although it may not tell you much as I have the occasional knocking and will probably replace my front suspension components soon anyway.

robhew86 said:

Can somebody confirm it's just the bush ends that need to be torqued up properly WITH the weight of the vehicle on them and not the ball joint ends too ????

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This is from the Rave manual, its just the bush ends, it's so the arm isn't tightened with the bush in one position and then when the weight is on the vehicle it will try and rotate the bush plus any normal movement of the arm during driving I believe.

I bought some cheap railway sleepers to stand my car on when I want to work under it without having to use axle stands or I want the weight on the wheels.

holidaychicken said:

This is from the Rave manual, its just the bush ends, it's so the arm isn't tightened with the bush in one position and then when the weight is on the vehicle it will try and rotate the bush plus any normal movement of the arm during driving I believe.

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Thanks for confirming. I read it very briefly last night and "tighten nuts and bolts with weight of vehicle on the ground" stood out and I hadn't tightened ball joint ends with the front end on the ground so thought I'd double check!

No bother, i didn't get around to my oil change and wiggling my steering, had a repair free day and just drove it