Suspension Knock - Safe?

[Leeky]

Ok, right. My driver side front suspension is knocking.

Im going to try to get it into my garage in the new year, but until then i'd like to keep driving it.

I've had the wheel off and checked everything. All seems pretty solid and i cant see any play anywhere.

Is it safe to continue driving with the knock?

[GT4 BOOSTER]

you know whats needed dont you.

mine knocked for a few 1000 miles , it even passed its mot , using pry bars on it too. before i changed it.

[knowlson]

Should be fine dude I ran my rolla with the knocking sound for 2 months you should be fine unless you crash and then I will change this post to say dont drive it

ahhh the joys of superstrut

[Leeky]

so i guess its the two lower arms yeah? the ones that are like £250 each?

[GT4 BOOSTER]

fig 8 and camber arm mate. banana arm should be fine.

[Leeky]

These two yeah?

[GT4 BOOSTER]

yup from whifbitz if you wait 3 weeks , or here off the shelf..

http://www.tcbparts.co.uk/

[GT4 BOOSTER]

heres the torque settings.

[Leeky]

Cool, just ordered the new parts & new bolts etc from Toyota. £389 all in :D Gotta love 15% Gold Member discount

Just gotta wait till they come in next week and i'll do the swap over myself as looking at the diagrams and what i saw when i took the wheels off it doesnt look too difficult.

[GT4 BOOSTER]

was that for all 3 sections and new bolts ????

[Leeky]

Just the two sections, didnt bother with the banana shaped bit as i may not even need it.

But yes, all new bolts and everything

Im sure the banana shaped bit will be fine as its the other two bits that take all the weight

[GT4 BOOSTER]

£ 293 from tcb . bolts wont be much . all genuine toyota too . :fishyface:

[Leeky]

How can TCB sell the parts for that much less than Toyota?

hummm, are you sure they are genuine?

[Bibbs]

£ 293 from tcb .    bolts wont be much . all genuine toyota too . :fishyface:

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You forget, lee is a fool and forgets Toyota have a 50% markup on parts anyhow .

[Leeky]

oh dear

But! Toyota is walking distance from my house, how much would the postage etc be on the parts? a fair bit i'd guess because they are quite heavy. Would be at least £30 i'd say.

And is that price inc vat? Would i get then before the end of next week? I really wanna do this job before i go back to work.

[GT4 BOOSTER]

lee i bought them myself from tcb they are genuine in a toyota bag . lets just go 50/50 on what i just saved you. ;)

pnp is £10 IIRC .

[GT4 BOOSTER]

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[Leeky]

Ok so yes i am stupid, but it wasnt too late. I cancelled the order with toyota and get the parts from TCB

Plus they said the parts will be here tomorrow.

I shall now go and stand in the corner and hang my head in shame.

I never knew Toyota made such a mark up on parts, you learn something new every day

Also they have a used gearbox for £300.....humm that will do nicely!

[Sketchy]

You know that getting the ball joints off can be a right pain in the **** don't you, Kris the guy that runs GTFours.co.uk had to use a press and 2 tonnes of force to get one off

[GT4 BOOSTER]

he wont have to worry , seeing as he is doing both parts , they wont need splitting.to part the camber arm from the steering bracket, simply rip open the rubber and a sharp blow with a cold chisel and hammer will pop it off.

[Leeky]

Cool, gonna crack on with it tomorrow then

[GT4 BOOSTER]

lee if you get stuck , it will be with 1 bolt , it dont clear the sump , either loosen the 3 or 4 sub frame bolts and lever it down till you get the bolt out , or you can jack up the engine so i am told ?

i had the knock , cured mine instantly.

[JNR]

hi all hope you all had a nice chrimbo and new year i know this is probably the wrong place to post this but ive got a carina e gti 1994 it has the superstrut set up and im getting the dreaded knocking its driving me crazy my question is is it the same part number as the celica ive just bought new shocks new springs replaced my 2 cv joints and still the !Removed! knocking please help me ive not had the money lately but got some now please tell me if the same part number many thanks im going to attemp to fit it myself

[GT4 BOOSTER]

if you pm me your chassis number i will take a look for you.

[JNR]

cheers m8 pm sent appreciate the help :D