hi there,
i been having rear suspension problem with my car now for months but its gradualy getting worse so i really need to sort it now. what i have noticed is this, when the rear suspension compresses alot while driving like when you acceletare away while turning and car leans i hear a grind noise from rear of car. also i heard it the other day when traveling up hill and over speed bump. when the back wheels came down i heard a split second grind noise again. this problem is worse the more people you have in the car. when i have 2 others in car it can happen alot over lumps. i dearent load my car up. to me the noise sounded like a grind or posible tyre rubbing. i took it to a garage for quick check today they said couldnt see anything obvious but he thought rear passenger side tyre had been rubbing on arch i couldnt see it but he said he could feel. there were no marks on the tyres but he was feeling the indside edge of the arch.
my car is completly standard. wheels are the standard punto sporting alloys with origional tyres on back.and suspension has never been touched since it came out of the factory. the car has done 50k miles
so my question is if it is the tyre rubbing on the arch
could worn springs or shocks cause the rear suspension to be to soft and there for compress to much sending wheels into arch?
any other ideas of what it may be?
the rear suspension does seem pretty soft if i open the boot and push down on the boot sill it goes down quiet away, i tried the bounce test for my shocks but still cant tell if they right or not. i can push car down about inch then bounce it, then it stops boucning and the last inch comes up.
2001 Punto sporting in sprint blue with matching Mr Bump air freshner all together now mmmmmmm
i been having rear suspension problem with my car now for months but its gradualy getting worse so i really need to sort it now. what i have noticed is this, when the rear suspension compresses alot while driving like when you acceletare away while turning and car leans i hear a grind noise from rear of car. also i heard it the other day when traveling up hill and over speed bump. when the back wheels came down i heard a split second grind noise again. this problem is worse the more people you have in the car. when i have 2 others in car it can happen alot over lumps. i dearent load my car up. to me the noise sounded like a grind or posible tyre rubbing. i took it to a garage for quick check today they said couldnt see anything obvious but he thought rear passenger side tyre had been rubbing on arch i couldnt see it but he said he could feel. there were no marks on the tyres but he was feeling the indside edge of the arch.
my car is completly standard. wheels are the standard punto sporting alloys with origional tyres on back.and suspension has never been touched since it came out of the factory. the car has done 50k miles
so my question is if it is the tyre rubbing on the arch
could worn springs or shocks cause the rear suspension to be to soft and there for compress to much sending wheels into arch?
any other ideas of what it may be?
the rear suspension does seem pretty soft if i open the boot and push down on the boot sill it goes down quiet away, i tried the bounce test for my shocks but still cant tell if they right or not. i can push car down about inch then bounce it, then it stops boucning and the last inch comes up.
2001 Punto sporting in sprint blue with matching Mr Bump air freshner all together now mmmmmmm