Need help (yet again ) !!

[logan]

Hi been a member for a while and got some really good advise since being on here , was going to sell the car afew months ago and decided against it and now its playing up again .. its got a really horrible sounding creaking and clunking sound coming from the front end and its really getting on my nerves and getting my goat up .. can happen when its pulling off , turning and stopping and sounds like the car is literally going to fall about ... if anyones had this problem before or if anyone else knows what it could be i'd really appreciate the help .. Thanks

[Jazzybear]

I would start at the droplinks,check the joints to see if there worn. Then the wishbones and then last resort the topmounts. I had the same problem, I started with the easy/cheaper bits first.

[logan]

Cheers for that , spoke to the mechanic and he thinks its the wheel bearings on both sides so it go's back into the garage next week !!!

[GrandadMonkey]

Worn wheel bearings usually make a whirring noise rather than a clunking. If the nearside bearing is worn then noise increases on right hand bends, and vice versa.

Has the mechanic looked at the car? Or driven it?

[logan]

He hasnt looked at it yet , i thought it was wheel bearings straight away but im not a mechanic so didnt really want to give my opinion on it lol , spoke to him on the phone when i aranged him to pick it up and he said from the way i described it he thinks its the bearings , it go's in this week so hopefully thats all it is 'cause im sick of plowing cash into it now , cheers

[GrandadMonkey]

Good luck then, hope the outcome isn't too costly. Let us know how you get on.

[logan]

cheers , i noticed today that when i bounce on one side (passenger) it creaks loads but not from the drivers side so heres hoping its just something on the passenger side , i'll keep you updated on what it is and then its going back up for sale i dont care if the weather is nice or not lol