Hey. I've recently done a few things to the front of the car including new wishbones and bushes, new springs and a new shock absorber.

 

After fitting the new shocks and springs i'm getting a stupidly annoying knocking sound at speeds over 25mph from the o/s

 

I'm wondering if i've mashed up the wheel bearing when fitting the new shocker, I may have had to give the assembly a few hits from the persuader to locate the shocker properly. The noise is loud!

 

I've had the car on axles stands and removed the tyres and also the brake calipers to rule them out but it still persists. Heres a vid, the car is a mk4 Ibiza tdi sport.

 

Cheers!

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHh7FhLKmrs

Not a very long video, but from what i heard maybe a wheel bearing or driveshaft.

Thanks for the reply dude!

When you say driveshaft do you mean it's not in properly or?

Taken some pics. Does the offside shocker look like its correctly seated properly in the hub assembly? The lining looks like its coming out loads compared to the other side?!

 

 

 

Offside where noise is coming from:

 

 

 

Nearside:

 

 

Updating this thread..

 

I went to collect a front wheel bearing and fitted it today. The garage pressed the bearing in the hub for me! I put it all back together and guess what?!

 

NO NOISE! 

 

So happy I've taken a few vids. First one shows how notchy it was and the second shows quietness on the road now. No awful dun dun dund undundundund etc!

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qCGcGUE3sk

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUrHfBdolTs

Well done & happy new wheel bearing