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Swift: knocking noise from the front

hatchback2868 said:
What I've personally done is to listen to it from the inside, while driving the car. The sound, audibly comes from the suspension, when going over uneven surfaces, as I mentioned in the original post. But, as also mentioned, many of the stuff around it have already been replaced.
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If you have dismissed all the other possibilities and confirmed it is suspension action (movement of wheel up and down), then it limits the possibilities to strut, spring, top mount, drop link arm, anti roll bar or wishbone.

I would remove the anti roll bar drop link and see if the noise continues, to confirm or elimanate that. Then move onto the other items, and as others have suggetsed the shock moving sounds likely.

Forget what parts have been changed, faulty parts, or even slightly loose fitting can happen
 
The latest garage that I took the car to, the mechanic tells me that he drove around without the anti-roll bar but the sound was still there. He also needlessly replaced the drop link. The inner tie rod had some play on it (he demonstrated that to me), so that was replaced, too.
 
hatchback2868 said:
The latest garage that I took the car to, the mechanic tells me that he drove around without the anti-roll bar but the sound was still there. He also needlessly replaced the drop link. The inner tie rod had some play on it (he demonstrated that to me), so that was replaced, too.
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You are doing your pocket, no favours touring around different garages, getting expensive parts replaced, and no solution - they will all, find something to replace. Take it to one, and have them replace the one single faulty part. Even better, find a garage where they have access to one of those car shakers, to help find it.
 
Harry Bloomfield said:
You are doing your pocket, no favours touring around different garages, getting expensive parts replaced, and no solution - they will all, find something to replace. Take it to one, and have them replace the one single faulty part. Even better, find a garage where they have access to one of those car shakers, to help find it.
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No need for a shaker if the noise has been identified to suspension.

If it is not the drop link, then remove the strut, then the spring and investigate. Sounds like it has to be the shock (assuming the spring is intact and the top mount is good).

It does sound like you have been doing a circle of garages rather than just letting 1 trusted place sort it.
 
carmanmemoranda said:
It does sound like you have been doing a circle of garages rather than just letting 1 trusted place sort it.
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It's not that I'm keen on doing this circuit. Every garage washed their hands off it after they replaced their favourite part. What can I do? I never tell the garages upfront about money or time constraints. If money wasn't an incentive in itself, if they're true to their craft, I'd have hoped they'll take the initiative themselves rather than my having to goad them.

Everyone has bigger fishes to fry and other customers to serve. Everyone has to go home. And I get that.
 
The parts that were replaced.......possibly!
Were they returned to you?
Has anyone checked the nearside drive shaft nut for tightness, and checked out the CV joint?
Personally I think the issue is with the suspension strut, and I'd be stripping it out again.
John :)
 
Time to drop out the front strut, and replace the top bearing, I think......it's a fairly typical design and shouldn't go wrong..
If it's binding then you should feel that in the steering - with the car jacked up and the wheels dangling, naturally.
The binding is usually due to the spring shifting in the mount.
John :)
 
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