Hey guys,
ive recently upgraded the full stock vl suspension on me n/a berlina...
ive brought king springs (lows) and have placed them all round, with
koni adjustables in the rear and monroe gt gas in the front....
i have 17" rims which is no problem with scrubs etc...
but yeah since i have done the springs iget a clunk noise comming from
the steering arms or somethin everytime i turn so far etc....
does anyone have any ideas of whats going on and how to fix it??
any help would be great guys...
thanx
-Mike
hey mike,
hrmm, i've had the same thing happen since i replaced my front struts and steering rack, i also hav monroe GT gas and didn't replace the bearing plates as they were still okay, but now i'm told that it could be them that causing it, i've had it checked out several time to no avail.
it's so annoying hey...sounds like something is bout to break ..lol
i wouldn;t worry too much...bearing plates most likely problem!!
haha well atleast someone feels my pain :P its pretty wild sound ey,.. my mates parents vn gets the same noise ey...
oh well i'll learn to live with it until i have some funds to start replacing shtuff
cheers
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sound like a nasty problem.. make sure u get it fixed before ur front end falls to bits on the highway u schkimpy poof ! haha
hey mike is the locknut on top of the front shock done right up ?
yeah mate arhh i fink shes apples mate alright mate i'll show u next time i see ya ok... its nothin to major i dont reckon, somethin little,... but yer, does get annoyin ....
catch ya
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My VL is lowered and it has started to clunk in the front end as well of late. Someone else told me it was prolly the bearing plates too, anyone else on here bought/changed any recently to solve the problem,if so what did it cost roughly?
Funny this thread started...
2 days ago, mine started clunkin too.. damn thing.. must be a conspiracy..
any had experience in fixing this problem ??? and what the **** is the bearing plate ?? and is it hard / expensive to replace ??
i don't know that this is any help but i had a big ass clunk coming from the front end and had ball joints replaced both sides and it was fine after that...
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i am goin to look into this very shortly... as i am gettin sick of the clunnk... any help guys would be sweet... otherwise i'll find out the hard way :?
Im waiting for you to do it so i can found out what it is, most vls seem to do this, my old ladys pajero does the same thing too.
Im keen to find out what it is though coz it used to give me the ****s, i just deal with it now as it still does it after replacing everything in the front end, only thing left un done is the lower control arm bushes :roll:
I had this problem recently too. I had the shocks replaced on my Calais (stock) with Monroe GT's all around. Then a knocking noise started in the fornt left. For me it turned out to be that the bolt was working its way loose causing the shock to knock against the housing thingy. Got it retightened and its all good now.
??Hope that helped someone. Might add that the noise was rather constant, over bumps (even very little ones) and cornering. You could push down on the car and make the noise too.
Tas
Mike mate,
Its the bearing plates... i had the same thing with my VL, and you saw how the suspension looked when the bearing plates went.
If they're not broken, check the tyres for wear on the inside of the tyre cos if its worn, then the bearing plates are faulty and the camber will be out.
I was quoted $150 per side to replace the bearing plates in a VL and that was new parts minus labour.
