CIH Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Fixed a puncture on a Mazda 323 yesterday. Backed it out the tyre-bay and there's a terrible knocking noise from the rear. Chucked it on the ramp and found a knackered rear roll-bar drop link. Customer confirmed he was getting a noise and the car occasionaly felt "less stable" when changing lanes at speed. Mr Smug with my diagnostic skillz, I declared I was wasted at KF. Two minutes later the car drives back in with the fella saying the sound was worse than ever. Back on the ramp, I noticed the clearance between wheel and lower arm-hub mounting bolt was really small, and the new wheel balance weight was all scratched and the bolt had a polished spot......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 why was the gap different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 So what did you do relocate the weight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Fixed a puncture on a Mazda 323 yesterday. Backed it out the tyre-bay and there's a terrible knocking noise from the rear. Chucked it on the ramp and found a knackered rear roll-bar drop link. Customer confirmed he was getting a noise and the car occasionaly felt "less stable" when changing lanes at speed. Mr Smug with my diagnostic skillz, I declared I was wasted at KF. Two minutes later the car drives back in with the fella saying the sound was worse than ever. Back on the ramp, I noticed the clearance between wheel and lower arm-hub mounting bolt was really small, and the new wheel balance weight was all scratched and the bolt had a polished spot......... pride comes befor a fall mate we have all done it at sometime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIH Posted November 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 So what did you do relocate the weight? Yeah a sticky balance weight did the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 By deduction you sorted the problem..... I'm proud of ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIH Posted November 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 why was the gap different The gap hadn't changed. The balance weight I put on was catching the hub. By deduction you sorted the problem..... I'm proud of ya. aw shucks you'll make me blush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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