Hello,

Had the joy of taking my Fabia vRS into Sherlodge Skoda on Friday fro its' 20k mile service. I asked them to check out a knocking sound, I suggested it could be the well-known gearbobox-trying-to-communicate-by-tapping-morse-code-messages problem, with the simple solution of a dollop of grease.

When I collected the car, I was told they had replaced the drop link arms. My father, a mechanic of 35 years, wasn't entirely sure what that meant ("different people use different terminology"). Any ideas? Anyone else had the same problem?

:confused:

Now it's fixed the car is more stable, planted & corners more solidly than before.

Also, quick plug, Sherlodge Skoda in Gillingham, Kent are absolutely excellent. I even got a courtesy car, a nice new Roomster3. Quite liked it really, only question is, can you get a PD130 lump into it....

the drop link is the metal bar that joins the anti-roll bar to the suspension damper

Ah, that makes a lot of sense! Explains the knocking & and the better cornering post-operatively.

Next question... what on earth would make these fail after only 20k motoring with no bangs?? Surely they should last more than 20k miles??

fairly common for these to go, the service history of my car indicates that they've been changed twice on my car, and i've changed them once as well

I never changed them on my fabia, but have just had them done in the GP sporting at only 12k!! (bloody speed bumps onmy estate if you ask me :( )

Yumping if you ask me

I've had them replaced on our Fabia a year or so ago but now the knocking is back which has been diagnosed as parted wishbone bushes and worn drop links (again)... it has done well over 100k mls though so can be expected to be a bit tired!

Yumping if you ask me

lol... ssshhhhhh