Hello all,
My VS Series II Calais is making some strange noising from the front end.
It only does it after about 50 kms of driving
Its sort of a clicking sound from the LHS
I have been under the car and cant see anything wrong
My thoughs are that the LHS Front Shock internal valving might be crook and when it heats up it starts clicking
Any other Ideas
Thanks
I was about to post with a similar issue.
My VS Ute has started making a very loud creaking/clunking/knocking ratchetting sound that really feels like somthing in the steering/suspension.
It won't make the noise when it is cold but as soon as it has driven a bit (warm days are worse) the noise starts every time I go over a bump and/or around a corner.
My mechanic has been over the entire suspension and said that all of the bushes are intact - his opinion is that a bush is loosening up once it gets warm...but he claims not to have heard it when he took it for a test drive (that's cos the bloody thing was cold!)
To me it sounds and feels (through the steering and through the floor) exactly like the stabiliser bar tie end bushes, which I have had to replace twice since I got the thing lowered - which was only about two years ago so the shocks should still be good (right?).
I have stopped using nolathene bushes on the sway bar tie ends and gone back to rubber - this seems to at least stop them disintegrating so quickly but this noise is attrocious.
It makes most of the noise when the suspension is extending i.e. when going over a hole, cornering or taking off from the lights (maybe a bit quickly).
When I brake hard I am convinced I can feel movement somewhere in the system - it feels like everything except the wheels keep going forward for another 10 or 20 millimetres; as well as this I am convinced (this could be psychosomatic) that it starts to oversteer once it warms up.
I would be grateful for any advice about this issue, or failing that maybe a recommendation for a decent suspension technician on the Brisbane Northside; I don't want to take it back to a mechanic who says he can't hear what is obviously a significant noise.
Cheers.