DoDaniel

Hi guys, Hope you can help. I've been chasing down a knocking noise for what feels like and eternity now and have still have no luck in finding it. It mostly happens when pulling away from standstill/low speed and it feels like something moves. It also makes a knocking noise when going over small potholes and bumpy roads. It started with the front suspension top mounts as one of them had collapsed on the right side, which the prompted me to change the lower control arms with new bushes. I also changed the drop links and ARB bushes and have just today replaced both tie rod ends as they were knackered and I could get a knocking noise out of them when moving them by hand. Alas, the noise is still there and I'm starting to pull my hair out over this. I'm loathed to take it to a garage and pay the obscene labour rates and inflated prices for parts. But in starting to think I have to. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks, Dan.

Thanks for your suggestion, it really helped out. So, I managed to get the old bolt out and saved the existing thread at the same time. Got hold of the right angled drill bit adaptor you mentioned and this provided the access I needed. Got in there with a 4mm drill bit as a pilot hole and tried my screw/bolt extractor. Unfortunately, this did not work, every time I've tried to use screw/bolt extractors, they've always failed. This left me with the option of drilling the bolt out entirely and re-tapping the hole as you mentioned. Got the 7mm drill bit out and went until the right angled drill bit was too hot to touch and then the old bolt just fell apart, gave it a touch up with an 8mm tap to clean the threads and a new bolt fit in there no problem. Got the ARB attached with some new bushes and drop links and now the car feels much better to drive. Photo below of the aftermath of drilling, excuse the weld mark there, tried welding a bolt onto the old one to try and undo it that way, lack of space caused me to miss and give up on that silly idea!

Hi guys, Just looking for some advice really. I was changing the ARB bushes and the bolt holding one of the brackets snapped on me. It's very tight to get a drill in there to remove the bolt and I'm loathed to drop the subframe. Is there any other way to remove this bolt or if I have to drop the subframe, is there anyway I can leave the steering rack in place? Thanks, Dan.