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Old 25-08-2012, 07:39 PM
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Okay, so my mechanic rotated my wheels front to back on Friday, since the swap, I feel/hear a clunk at low speeds when at 1/3 of a turn and when going over bumps in the road.

Google has given me some information, just thought I'd see if any else has experience the same as what I am at the moment. I hope it is a loose bolt, I would be extremely surprised if it was a wheel Nut/Bolt, shame on my mechanic, he may well of inspected other things in the suspension/axle area that he hasn't done up properly, hence, causing my car to clunk at low speeds when turning.

I was thinking of swapping tyres front to back to see if that eliminates it ? Any other thoughts?

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Could just be a coincidence that noise came after the wheel rotation, i used to get a clunk when turning at low speeds, was my strut top bearing sticking, or maybe its your swaybar bushes?? If you havent checked your lug nuts already i would certainly be doin that asap
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My driveline/shafts clunk under the load (since I'v had semi slicks aka traction)
10x worse when dccd is locked - and when turning outta wheel skips and inner spins.
Tires squeak under full lock in carpark at slow speeds etc

What sort of clunk is it?
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It will be dry front sway bar bushes.....common on Gc's
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It is like something is not loose, clunk noise/feel that feels like it is on the front right side, something to do with the wheel/suspension/axle not too sure, tomorrow I'm going to jack my car up and have a look, if it is a loose bolt I am not going to be happy
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It will be dry front sway bar bushes.....common on Gc's
Any reason this would have come about by rotating the wheels? Seems a tad odd :S
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Any reason this would have come about by rotating the wheels? Seems a tad odd :S
could be that when the vehicle was on the hoist and the suspension went to full droop, the grease was moved from where it had gathered due to the limited suspension movement when the car is on it's wheels.

now that the grease has moved a noise is heard.
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It will be dry front sway bar bushes.....common on Gc's
Had same problem with my gc8. Took it to wilkinson suspension and got it fixed.
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Could just be a coincidence that noise came after the wheel rotation, i used to get a clunk when turning at low speeds, was my strut top bearing sticking, or maybe its your swaybar bushes?? If you havent checked your lug nuts already i would certainly be doin that asap
What the fuck is a lug nut. You seppo.
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