Technical suspension clunck cured

[simon924]

£10 for a anti rollbar drop link solved all the annoying noise from the front suspension on my marea jtd and only 15 mins to fit great.

 

[bulldog5046]

thats a common fault should of asked us.

Welcome to the forum! its nice to have some more marea owners on board recently

Cheers,
Ryan Edge

 

[polecat]

Hi Simon and welcome to our forum.

 

[inflightfeather]

Hello simon924,

When your replaced your anti roll bar drop links, were they broken (into 2 pieces) or still in 1 piece?

since my car makes clunking noises from the front end, but visually the droplinks look ok...

gr.

inflightfeather

 

[jug]

the rubber deteriorates allowing play which causes the clunk noise over bumps, but the drop link shouldn't separate into two pieces. they may look ok but jacking the car up and testing for free play is the only way to know how worn they are.

 

[inflightfeather]

Hi,

I jacked up my marea and checked for freeplay in the droplinks, I can move them in a "rotating" manner about 30 degrees either side, but I think that that's because it's a ball joint?

I can't move it sideways or up / down.

Also I checked my control arms, with a long screwdriver, which seemed to have about a 2 to 3 mm. of freeplay on both, not a lot, I would say the same freeplay as the width of a coin for the control arms.. (forcing it though) :bang:

I don't know if this info is of any value, but when I quickly steer left / right / left / right
I can hear a clunk as well from the left wheel, in the opposite turn the right wheel...

thanx for your help!

inflightfeather

 

[heat]

thats a common fault should of asked us.

Too common it seems. I had mine fixed at the shop, and now it is time to replace both again. After only 15000 km.

 

[simon924]

Hi inflightfeather
when i replaced the anti roll bar link,i took a gamble with offside as that was where the noise seemed to be coming from.I couldn't feel any play while the link was on the car but once removed, the ball joint which connects to the shocker leg was worn out.

cheers simon

 

[davethehorse]

A very common fault unfortunately - not long had mine replaced too - poor design probably.

 

[CheeseMaster]

A very common fault unfortunately - not long had mine replaced too - poor design probably.

Now I'm certain that a lot of my problems were that all along ( juddery brakes ) I think mine had been doing it since about 14,000 miles on the clock.

 

[ruud]

Hello simon924,

When your replaced your anti roll bar drop links, were they broken (into 2 pieces) or still in 1 piece?

since my car makes clunking noises from the front end, but visually the droplinks look ok...

gr.

inflightfeather

i had the same problem with mine ......it was the anti roll bar bushes they were knackered and the roll bar had moved over causing the link arms to hit the cross member.............
has anyone cured the loss of power on the 2.4 td 125 ....lose power when cruising and i have to let the engine drop to tick over to get the boost back...i have changed the maf meter and the vacum pipes are ok but problem is still there .........can u help

 

[LASSIE1010]

track rod end's go quite often as well.
bottom arms complete eg bushes and ball joint avilable quite cheap,
£20.. per side just done mine on the mareas