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[maverick]

this may have been answered elsewhere but I have looked and couldn't find an answer ...

recently I've started getting a clonk over bumps on the drivers side front suspension. the steering's a bit wayward too. the usual suspect is a track rod end as when I jack up the car and try rocking it between 12 and 6 o clock positions there's nothing, but rocking between 3 and 9 gives the noise ...
I got a new track rod end and disconnected the old one from the hub ... the old one. which isn't that old. is still good with no play at all in it. its still good and stiff,  if fact I replaced all four track rod ends just last year .. when I tried rocking the wheel with the track rod disconnected I still seem to be getting the noise.
its difficult to pin the exact source of the noise on my own. is it possible it might be the top strut mount ?

[RobG]

Droplinks possibly

[YZ250]

Usual suspects (but not always) would be Droplinks. More noticeable over speed humps. 

If steering is a bit wayward, could be wishbone bushes, but not necessarily linked to the clonking. 

[maverick]

I'll check the drop links, only replaced them last year for the MOT but they were cheap ones ... both wishbones have been replaced within the last couple of years and I replace the front bushes with poly ones ... so I'm hoping its not them

[05omegav6]

Life expectancy of cheap wishbone bushes/ball joints/droplinks range from a week to two years

Less than a week and you're unlucky, over 18 months and you're doing well...

[dbug]

My vote is for droplinks - when failed give a rattling/knocking noise more obvious over a rough road

[omega3000]

Droplinks possibly

 

[maverick]

ah well, replaced bottom arms and droplinks ..... and ........ the clonk is still there !!  b*llocks

[jonny2112]

Droplinks definitely usual suspects (I've just replaced mine again).
It's not a broken spring? You'd have noticed that probably, and is there any play in the shock?

[chrisgixer]

ah well, replaced bottom arms and droplinks ..... and ........ the clonk is still there !!  b*llocks

Check steering idler for play.
Tighten steering box bolts to body if nothing else is obvious.

[Kevin Wood]

Might be worth checking the anti-roll bar bushes too, but they rarely fail on an Omega.

[joff]

What about the track rods ball joints

[MV6Matt]

What about the track rods ball joints

....especially if the boot perishes....