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Title: rear drop link drops off anti roll bar
Post by: terry paget on 31 August 2016, 19:21:59: 2.2 petrol manual saloon
I swopped tyres front to back on son Ben's car today. When he was leaving he complained of a strange noise at the rear. I removed n's rear wheel and spotted that the drop link had come off the anti roll bar. This ws soemthing new to me. I put it back on again.
I have no idea what caused it, just hope it stays there. Has anyone else suffered this? Pic follows, showing upper end contacting the drive shaft, causng the noise.
Sorry, no pic. Dropbox have stopped supporting Windows Xp.
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Post by: Doctor Gollum on 31 August 2016, 20:12:40: Side effect of a spring or exhaust change perhaps :-\
Title: Re: rear drop link drops off anti roll bar
Post by: terry paget on 31 August 2016, 21:32:02: New laptop fired up, Windows 10. Pic may follow.
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/rkjgoa6xygzxnex/rearDROPlink.jpg?dl=1)
Title: Re: rear drop link drops off anti roll bar
Post by: terry paget on 31 August 2016, 21:35:01: Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 31 August 2016, 20:12:40
Side effect of a spring or exhaust change perhaps :-\
All I did today was swop front tyres to back. I might have dropped the jack suddenly. Will let you know if it recurs.
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Post by: Doctor Gollum on 31 August 2016, 22:22:39: Hmmm...
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Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 01 September 2016, 08:55:08: Same as Carlton/Senny, I believe, should you require a new replacement :)
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Post by: robson on 01 September 2016, 09:04:56: Cant help on that but isn't that exhaust hanger clip wrongly fitted.
Title: Re: rear drop link drops off anti roll bar
Post by: terry paget on 01 September 2016, 13:55:41: Quote from: robson on 01 September 2016, 09:04:56
Cant help on that but isn't that exhaust hanger clip wrongly fitted.
Don't think so. It's still there, as is the hanger. I put on that exhaust 2 years ago. But thanks for the tip.
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Post by: robson on 01 September 2016, 16:14:27: Sorry Terry Its an optical illusion It looked as though it was in line with the hanger and not across the hanger.
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Post by: annihilator on 01 September 2016, 17:03:00: back to your drop link looks like the rubber has separated from the metal sleeve which in the pic. is partially disguised by all that flaky crud.
John.
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Post by: robson on 01 September 2016, 17:20:04: Terry where has your picture gone.
Title: Re: rear drop link drops off anti roll bar
Post by: terry paget on 01 September 2016, 20:54:07: Quote from: robson on 01 September 2016, 17:20:04
Terry where has your picture gone.
It's still present on my screen. I loaded it from my new laptop with Windows 10, as Dropbox no longer supports Windows XP on my desktop. However I can still see the pic on my desk top.
Title: Re: rear drop link drops off anti roll bar
Post by: terry paget on 01 September 2016, 21:06:23: Quote from: annihilator on 01 September 2016, 17:03:00
back to your drop link looks like the rubber has separated from the metal sleeve which in the pic. is partially disguised by all that flaky crud.
John./quote]
I did wonder how it was meant to stay attached to the anti-roll bar, so that the turning motion took place within the rubber bush. I suppose if it is turning within the bush it will eventually wear loose and knock, like a front end drop link.
Title: Re: rear drop link drops off anti roll bar
Post by: biggriffin on 01 September 2016, 21:30:15: Them anti roll bar links are breaked, fit new ones.