Replaced El Cheapo front drop links with APs heavy duty jobbies.
Completely shut up the thud, thud that was getting worse.
However….. front near side tyre is down to 2.6mm. 🤦🏻♂️
Fitted the Meyle HD drop links today. Completely silent now. Yay!!!
New tyres all round next. Recommendations?: 225/55/17s
Thanks to all for your replies.
Cheers,
Much
Spot the cause - the front bush bolt on the lower offside arm was about 3mm away from the arm face. Took some faffing to get it torqued to 190Nm with tyres on the ground.
AndyFreeLandy - Is it ok to do that, obviously only temporarily. What about the nylock nuts, do you have to put a new one on?
Andy Warren - I’ll get the Meyle one anyway. I want it right and the cost is nothing really. I’ll check the top...
Funnily enough, after reading JDs first response, I went and checked the location of the drop links. Easy enough access and I know he put anti seize stuff on when he did them so might order them from AF after I’ve done the ARBs. Thanks Andy, JD.
Hi All,
TLDR:
Front knocking: bushes 14 months old, 5k miles done since.
Apologies for the essay.
For the past 3/4 months there’s been various knocking/creaks seemingly from the front when going over the usual high quality road surfaces here. In...