Wetty
22nd July 2015, 01:38 AM
Hi All.
It's been a long time between posts but I have been lurking in the shadows :smile:
I went for a drive in the Old Girl (2003 Grenade) a couple of days ago and after driving across some extreme corrugations, the car had developed a horrible knock/thump through the clutch pedal and a noise that sounded like a thrust bearing on its way out. The knock was intermittent, but the bearing noise was constant while moving in 4WD, 2WD and also occurred while stationary and with the clutch pedal depressed or not. . . . the knock could also be felt through the firewall and up the steering column. It drove fine, save for the knocking and bearing noise with no loss of power or any other symptoms, up or down hill but it did appear to be more frequent/evident when cornering. I drove it to the mechanics the next morning with only a very slight bearing noise and no knocking. . . . . . needless to say this had me guessing as to what the hell happened the day before :confused: The mechanic took it for a drive over a few rough bits of road and could not replicate the noise either. They chucked it on the hoist, checked all the engine and gearbox mounts, body mounts and so on but found nothing. It had it's dual mass flywheel and clutch replaced by the same mechanic 12 months ago so I know it's not that wonderful piece of engineering causing it. It's got me stuffed as to what it might be, and I was just wondering if anyone has had anything similar happen to their wagon?
Cheers
Andrew
PS: Big thanks to Robson Bros for their services. . . . . .
It's been a long time between posts but I have been lurking in the shadows :smile:
I went for a drive in the Old Girl (2003 Grenade) a couple of days ago and after driving across some extreme corrugations, the car had developed a horrible knock/thump through the clutch pedal and a noise that sounded like a thrust bearing on its way out. The knock was intermittent, but the bearing noise was constant while moving in 4WD, 2WD and also occurred while stationary and with the clutch pedal depressed or not. . . . the knock could also be felt through the firewall and up the steering column. It drove fine, save for the knocking and bearing noise with no loss of power or any other symptoms, up or down hill but it did appear to be more frequent/evident when cornering. I drove it to the mechanics the next morning with only a very slight bearing noise and no knocking. . . . . . needless to say this had me guessing as to what the hell happened the day before :confused: The mechanic took it for a drive over a few rough bits of road and could not replicate the noise either. They chucked it on the hoist, checked all the engine and gearbox mounts, body mounts and so on but found nothing. It had it's dual mass flywheel and clutch replaced by the same mechanic 12 months ago so I know it's not that wonderful piece of engineering causing it. It's got me stuffed as to what it might be, and I was just wondering if anyone has had anything similar happen to their wagon?
Cheers
Andrew
PS: Big thanks to Robson Bros for their services. . . . . .