Righty ho…bit of an update. Van went into the local indi VW specialist and they couldn’t find any issues with the suspension or any noises (chirping from front right wheel etc). To be fair, I’d not heard the knocking for a few weeks (I’ll come back to a theory in a min…) so as far as they were concerned there’s nothing to fix. I asked them to triple check bushes etc but they were all noted as ok. The warning lights that were on were related to a faulty abs sensor on the nsf wheel, which had been damaged by a knackered wheel bearing (exciter ring broken, damaging the sensor I think). Replaced those bits, a good health check and an 4 wheels anlighnment and all good. Or so I thought.
The chirping from the osf wheel is still there. It seems to occur at around 30mph or so, when the steering wheel turns ever so slightly, mostly to the right but sometimes to the left. Having googled it quite a bit, it does seem to point back to that wheel bearing too, but obviously I can’t be sure, but not sure what else it could be. I took a video this morning but I’m not sure how obvious it is, and I can’t upload it here unfortunately (do I need to be a VIP member or is it just not possible?).
Anyone with any ideas before I go back to the garage? I’ve also pinged
@CRS Performance an email to see about getting booked in for the definition kit and look at getting bushes replaced at the same time too so I know everything is as good as it can be.
*theory about suspension knocking*. Before I got the van, it had had one random tyre replaced and a few miles later, it did a few knocks and bangs and then nothing. This Saturday, I had a full set of tyres replaced and it did it again. Couple of times on the way to a gig and not again. So….could it be something settling after the van has been jacked up? Seems a bit too coincidental and my theory may be bollocks but you never know…
It was only when I got someone else to turn lock to lock could I see what looked like the bush inside the arm juddering back and forth.
