Banging, Knocking, Squaking, Creaking, Clunking

[Mike Walker 0]

Just trying to sort my car out so that its minty fresh but have too many small problems and not enough knowledge to comprehend and diagnose them all.

 

I have a fast 'knock,knock,knock' sound round corners and on acceleration - is that one of the driveshafts?

 

If it is, what is it that fails and does the whole driveshaft need to be replaced?

 

I also have a very dull knocking coming from what appears to be the rear, the rear also creaks sometimes when I have a passenger in the car.

 

The whole suspension (front and rear) squeaks loudly as the car goes kangarooing up the road in traffic.

 

When going to pull away slowly or if I let off the throttle then feather it back on I get a dull but audible single hollow 'clunk' sound from the front right.

 

Any ideas on the above very much appreciated

[max0 5]

Just trying to sort my car out so that its minty fresh but have too many small problems and not enough knowledge to comprehend and diagnose them all.

 

I have a fast 'knock,knock,knock' sound round corners and on acceleration - is that one of the driveshafts?

 

If it is, what is it that fails and does the whole driveshaft need to be replaced?

 

I also have a very dull knocking coming from what appears to be the rear, the rear also creaks sometimes when I have a passenger in the car.

 

The whole suspension (front and rear) squeaks loudly as the car goes kangarooing up the road in traffic.

 

When going to pull away slowly or if I let off the throttle then feather it back on I get a dull but audible single hollow 'clunk' sound from the front right.

 

Any ideas on the above very much appreciated

 

sounds like the beam is shot, try a search on "beam" There not cheap to sort out

 

also knocking sounds like a drive shaft.

[Dream Weaver 2]

Knocking under load will be the driveshaft, easy enough to do yourself for about £60.

 

Front knocking over bumps will be drop links, wishbone bushes etc.

 

Rear squeeks and noises may be rear beam as said above, cost about £150-300 to fix, depending if you do yourself or pay someone.

 

If you're keeping the car, probably best to refresh the whole suspension - beam, springs/dampers, bushes, driveshafts (in your case), drop links, etc. That will set you back between £500 - 900 depending who does the work.

[Mike Walker 0]

Knocking under load will be the driveshaft, easy enough to do yourself for about £60.

 

Front knocking over bumps will be drop links, wishbone bushes etc.

 

Rear squeeks and noises may be rear beam as said above, cost about £150-300 to fix, depending if you do yourself or pay someone.

 

If you're keeping the car, probably best to refresh the whole suspension - beam, springs/dampers, bushes, driveshafts (in your case), drop links, etc. That will set you back between £500 - 900 depending who does the work.

 

Cheers for the replies.

 

I would love to refresh the lot but I guess i'll do the driveshaft and front wishbone (both droplinks are brand new so I wouldn't have thought they'd be the problem). I'll probably then save up a bit and do the rear beam which doesn't look too hard to do?

 

None of these problems appeared to be there when I first bought the car but then it was left standing for about a month so I guess the rear beam could have seized over that time

 

Is the price you quote for secondhand driveshafts?