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[relluf]

I changed the drop links on the 2.2 about ten days or so ago to cure the chattering over rough surfaces, which it did,  all quiet for about three or four days , now I have a much louder clunking from somewhere that I cant just determine ,I thought broken spring at first but have felt all the way way up both and seem ok.
I have been underneath with a pry bar and bones seem ok nothing is loose but if you push down the front of car you can replicate the noise , could it be arb bushes?? how could I check.
Any input helpful
Cheers

[05omegav6]

They should be accessible on the desmond from thge engine bay...

Grab the arb infront of the crank pulley and give it a shake... if it moves, replace the bushes... poly available for these

[Nick W]

They should be accessible on the desmond from thge engine bay...

Grab the arb infront of the crank pulley and give it a shake... if it moves, replace the bushes... poly available for these

MOST unlikely to be the ARB bushes. Which is a shame, because they're easy to change and a pair of stock rubber ones cost about  a fiver. I have polys on mine, and wouldn't bother with them again; the 12year old originals were still perfect.


Collapsed topmounts would be my guess.

[plym ian]

Try checking the nuts on the drop links cause it happened to me i didnt do one up tight enough

[relluf]

Try checking the nuts on the drop links cause it happened to me i didnt do one up tight enough

Erm !!! exactly right  Ian thanks!!

I managed to get one nut bottom fix drivers side to tighten up by about a quarter turn that's all ,but it seems to have worked

[05omegav6]

Job jobbed then