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well, thanks for the reply..........i never noticed wheather the brake pads i took of were on the wrong way i've onlyhad the car since october so i don't know how long they had been on the car however they were really low! , however i know that i'veput these new ones on right so hopefully the...

as my earlier post states i,ve had this terible noise for a few months that was driving me crackers as i couldn't solve it............ well! today i have put some new brake pads to the front of my car and guess what // i;ve drove it 3 times since fitting them and unbelievably the noise...

thanks i will try that as i have not yet cured it yet thanks Mark

I WILL CHECK OUT THE struts on the shock absorbers as this is the cheaper option, do i replace the shock absorber or the whole strut i.e including the spring, as for the noise on a flat road it is quiet as a mouse, on an uneven road it sounds like a Bag of Nuts stuckin a tumble dryer the...

ME again ,update i still have this dam noise,i've had 2 new linkage arms fitted aswell now ,,gr, gr, gr, hi hope someone can giveme someadvice..i have a R reg 1996 escort lx, 1600 zetec engine, the engine runs lovely and quite and it has only done 54,000 miles the problem is that when i'm...

:) thank's 1 chunky for the info, i will try that tomoz and let you know.

hi, thanks for the replies,,,,i've had allthe mountains checked and bushes e.t.c and no-one cansee anything wrong and it's bugging me i'm one of these that have the attitude that....if there is a noise or a problem it has to be fixed as it shouldn't be there! however someone else mentioned...

me again ..how can i tell if the carrier bearings have gone in my gearbox it's a 1600 zetec engine as i have been told this could be the problem noise ( thanks ?

hi hope someone can giveme someadvice..i have a R reg 1996 escort lx, 1600 zetec engine, the engine runs lovely and quite and it has only done 54,000 miles the problem is that when i'm driving along a smooth road i can't hear a noise..then if i go over a pot hole or some form of uneven road i.e...

on a 1996 the starter motor is locatedto the front of the engine at the right hand side at the bottom :) , it changed on the zetec engine 1998 were it is then found at the back directly underneath the injector unit ,also the starter motors on the zetec engine are not as big as you would...

well previously told it was the gearbox but have now been told it's probably not that as there is no noise coming from it ? looks like it could be the lower "wishbone arm" bush, and have been told to replace the arm! let'shope that's all it is and not the expense of gearboxes e.t.c. will let you...

recently bought R REG 16v escort mk7 there is a noise coming from either the inner cv joint or the diff carrier bearing on the passenger side ,,i have had 1 mechanic tell me that itis the cv joint (which i believe very rarely go?) and another mechanic tell me it is the( diff bearing?). Now...

correct yes this has been etched (sandblasted) away from the embossed xxx information to be precise about an inch and a half away from the embosses info i was just curious what this meant ! cheers

the g is just under the word toughned between the e+d

hiya...lookslike this/// XXXTriplex toughned . g 43r-0004 then more numbers................... then yg---18 were the dashes are above there is 3 numbers before the 18 hope this helps! :?