Just before christmas the girlfriend took the Panda to be Motd. It passed of course but the guy mentioned before the next one I should have a look at the front passenger side suspension, there was a rubber on its way out.
You can feel a slight knock at times so I have had a look. The antiroll bar seems fine as does the ball joints but when I lift the wheel there is about an 20mm of free play before the spring starts to compress.
With the bonnet open I can see the top of the shock moving up and down freely so I guess this is the problem. There is a bit more resistance on the drivers side but not alot.
Everything is tight so I suspect it is something to do with the pivot point at the top of the spring.
The play only seems to be vertical but we are having trouble keeping the tracking straight for any amount of time so fixing this problem might help. (she never drives up curbs etc... so it wont be that)
I am wondering if anyone has had this or can point me in the right direction? I am only in the UK every 2 weeks for a weekend so its nice to get all the parts in place before stripping the car as she wont be able to get to work.
Thanks
You can feel a slight knock at times so I have had a look. The antiroll bar seems fine as does the ball joints but when I lift the wheel there is about an 20mm of free play before the spring starts to compress.
With the bonnet open I can see the top of the shock moving up and down freely so I guess this is the problem. There is a bit more resistance on the drivers side but not alot.
Everything is tight so I suspect it is something to do with the pivot point at the top of the spring.
The play only seems to be vertical but we are having trouble keeping the tracking straight for any amount of time so fixing this problem might help. (she never drives up curbs etc... so it wont be that)
I am wondering if anyone has had this or can point me in the right direction? I am only in the UK every 2 weeks for a weekend so its nice to get all the parts in place before stripping the car as she wont be able to get to work.
Thanks