Ciaran Thooperrrrrrr Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 11m 16d Gender: Male Location: NOR, Western Australia Posted 18/09/12 01:01 PM Share Posted 18/09/12 01:01 PM Even though it sounds like RHF, might be hand brake shoe clip thing. Had it in mine, if you find a spot where you can hear it every single time, go over that spot a few times and lift the handbrake up a click or so. See if you still hear it. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81982-i-got-a-suspension-knock/page/2/#findComment-1296877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoles Donating Members 390 Member For: 14y 3m 2d Gender: Male Location: Port Hedland Posted 20/09/12 07:55 AM Author Share Posted 20/09/12 07:55 AM Would a worn steering rack cause the described problems? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81982-i-got-a-suspension-knock/page/2/#findComment-1297771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 4m 11d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 20/09/12 10:19 AM Share Posted 20/09/12 10:19 AM No, the rack would be easy to isolate....In some cases it can be the shocks, the piston can come loose from the shock rod - are they still original or have they been changed? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81982-i-got-a-suspension-knock/page/2/#findComment-1297840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoles Donating Members 390 Member For: 14y 3m 2d Gender: Male Location: Port Hedland Posted 20/09/12 11:28 AM Author Share Posted 20/09/12 11:28 AM I thought it was shock. But when stationary and rocking the car it sorta sounds like it comes from steering rack area. The shocks are lovells eliminator and are about 25000kms old. My initial thoughts where either strut top mount or shock but after removing and disassembling RHF strut and found nothing sorta moved my focus elsewhere. How can I diagnose a lose shock piston? When they where apart I couldn't get any noise from it. Are bilsteins much better than lovells for ride comfort?Who's a good suspension mob in Perth? Wa suspensions? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81982-i-got-a-suspension-knock/page/2/#findComment-1297885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 4m 11d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 20/09/12 11:42 AM Share Posted 20/09/12 11:42 AM Lovells shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence as Bilsteins...different ball game!Its hard to test for a piston knock without a shock dyno - you will usually only hear it at high speed movements (faster than what you can move the shocks by hand) Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81982-i-got-a-suspension-knock/page/2/#findComment-1297899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoles Donating Members 390 Member For: 14y 3m 2d Gender: Male Location: Port Hedland Posted 20/09/12 11:59 AM Author Share Posted 20/09/12 11:59 AM Sounds like bilsteins it is then!!!Have you seen the steel bush part of the top strut mount wear out and cause knocking noises? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81982-i-got-a-suspension-knock/page/2/#findComment-1297916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 4m 11d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 20/09/12 12:31 PM Share Posted 20/09/12 12:31 PM Its very rare and generally only happens when the top mount isn't assembled or done up correctly Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81982-i-got-a-suspension-knock/page/2/#findComment-1297930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeze_dk I am dissatisfied with my current employment situation Donating Members 8,610 Member For: 18y 8m 21d Gender: Male Posted 20/09/12 01:40 PM Share Posted 20/09/12 01:40 PM My cousin had the same knock on his bf,, ended up being a loose subframe bolt eating into the alloy and making a deeper gap Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81982-i-got-a-suspension-knock/page/2/#findComment-1297968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoles Donating Members 390 Member For: 14y 3m 2d Gender: Male Location: Port Hedland Posted 14/10/12 07:20 AM Author Share Posted 14/10/12 07:20 AM Ended up being the strut. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy with the bilstein's over the lovells. Those two really are chalk and cheese. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81982-i-got-a-suspension-knock/page/2/#findComment-1309113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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