Rebuilding a fabia mk2 monte carlo, suffered a hit to the front left, put new lower arm and ball joint on and it now drives and is aligned better, however when driving forwards there seems to be a tapping that goes with the speed of the wheel, listed a video of the sound below

Erm if anyone deciphers what that sound is from that short 2 second video then they are genius !!

Was the noise there BEFORE the suspension components were changed ?

The FIRST thing to do is, jack the front side up, spin the wheel by hand and see if the noise is there then. Could be the CV joint was also damaged due to the impact, or something is simply misplaced…

Does the noise change at low speed when turning ? eg spinning round in a car park with the steering in full lock…

Edited 1 June, 20251 yr by UrbanPanzer

Just now, UrbanPanzer said:

Erm if anyone deciders what that sound is from that short 2 second video then they are genius !!

On the flip side, jack the front side up, spin the wheel by hand and see if the noise is there then. Could be the CV joint is damaged due to the impact.

Does the noise change at low speed when turning ? eg spinning round in a car park with the steering in full lock…

Yeah the video is awful i will get a better one, was planning on jacking it up and looking tomorrow - haven’t really tested turning and driving as it’s even happening when it’s somewhat straight

Car jacked up spinning by hand - not hearing any knocking or taps, i’ll post a better video of it driving