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hi guys just wondering if anyone can give me an idea of what the anoying as hell knock in my suspension is? its worse when going under 80kph but you still get when cruising the highway.its only on the left hand side front and back. My mechanic reckons the shocks are all good so bushes maybe???

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Check to make sure the top nut on the strut is tight. Mine was making funny clunking noises and that is what it turned out to be.

Just grab an appropriate size ring spanner and give them a tweak to make sure they're tight.

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 boostin said:

Sway bar links and/or mount bushes??

I'd go bushes for a look. Check them for cracks/sagging/wear/etc. If none of that spray some lanolin on em (the kind you get from Supercr@p or Ripco - for use on leaf packs)

More than that have a service tech look at it if you are still concerned

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I have the same problem on my 2000 Legacy. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCKIN, all the way to work. Will be happy to rid the noise,

What did the problem turn out to be?

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What sort of subby is it? I f it runs the bilstien struts in it I have had the same problem in my Legacy wagon, my rears actually siezed, my mechanic told me that the bilstien struts have a tendnacy to look and handle fine even when removed from vehicle they still move nicely ect but when under load give that clunck your talking about, maybe that helps.

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My knockin is coming from the front left-hand side. Check the nuts that i can see... nothing loose.

Am taking it into get looked at on the way home from work so will update.

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 jakesternz said:

My knockin is coming from the front left-hand side. Check the nuts that i can see... nothing loose.

Am taking it into get looked at on the way home from work so will update.

The other cause of knocking noises I've had in the front of my BH was one of the spherical joints on the sway bar links having a little bit of slack in it.

To prove/disprove, take out both front swaybar links and zip tie the swaybar up out of the way and go for a drive. If the noise disappears, inspect the links by grabbing the link and threaded portion of the spherical joint and try and move the joint in all directions. The joints are quite firm, it'll take a lot of force to move them but they should move smoothly.

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 Hailz said:

What sort of subby is it? I f it runs the bilstien struts in it I have had the same problem in my Legacy wagon, my rears actually siezed, my mechanic told me that the bilstien struts have a tendnacy to look and handle fine even when removed from vehicle they still move nicely ect but when under load give that clunck your talking about, maybe that helps.

Yeah it has the yellow blistein setup. The noise (knocking, tapping) is only at low speed (under 80km/h) while going over slight bumps in the road. Is getting progressively worse over the past 2 months. I spoke to one mechanic who said the suspension needs to be replaced. Is this true? He didn't test drive it either so i wasn't too convinced by his diagnostic.

I have always owned Toyota which are alot easier to fix so am not too sure who to believe when it comes to mechanics.

Can anyone recommend a good Subaru mechanic in Auckland who knows what they are doing and doesn't charge an arm and a leg??!?! ???

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I strongly suggest you rule out the cheap and easy stuff first.

To take the swaybar links out takes about 10 minutes and you don't even need to jack the car up. Even if it doesn't have the spherical ball joint endlinks, it can't hurt to conduct a quick experiment to rule out the swaybar entirely and if it does turn out to be worn out swaybar bushes or endlinks, you'll have saved yourself a lot of coin.

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 jakesternz said:

My knockin is coming from the front left-hand side. Check the nuts that i can see... nothing loose.

Am taking it into get looked at on the way home from work so will update.

After chatting to the nice fellas at Subtech they reckon the shocks are.... well shot! To get the suspension rebuilt is $300 each.

i can put up with the noise for now but will look at getting it fixed in the new year unless anyone needs some work and can do the job cheaper>>> PM me if you can.

Cheers

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