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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: polo6n222 on 20 February 2011, 11:43

Title: back end bang
Post by: polo6n222 on 20 February 2011, 11:43

got a bang on my rear pass side wheel when i go over humps and pot hole i wasw thing rear top mounts as it ony dose it on one side

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: snifferdog on 20 February 2011, 11:48

Oh right. :laugh:

Could be the exhaust hitting the rear axle?! Or rear axle bushes? Have a look underneath. :smiley:

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: polo6n222 on 20 February 2011, 12:10

that was my first thought but it seams to make the car go all over the place when it happens i just hope it aint the axel bushes

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 20 February 2011, 14:13

Shock top mounts are super common failure points on mk3's but seeing as you've said it make4s the car go all over the place id be more inclined to say it ws the rear axle bushes as these can make the arse end snake around when perished.

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: Wayne on 20 February 2011, 16:13

Sounds more like a rear axle bush.

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: Walkerboy on 20 February 2011, 19:51

its not the caliper come loose is it,changed all my sub frame bushes,brake pads and discs a couple of months ago and had a bang from the back end,realised the other day that the caliper nut had come off the bottom of the caliper
brought a new bolt from tps now no noise

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: polo6n222 on 20 February 2011, 20:16

its only when the pass side rear wheel gose over somthing if drivers side goes over somthing its fine i need to take a look at the rear scholks anyway becuase when my little one isin the car u would think i had coilovers

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: Walkerboy on 20 February 2011, 21:16

really does sound like the caliper bolt has come out dude,easy to check tho.
keep us posted dude

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: Sii on 21 February 2011, 11:19

Surely if it was a loose calliper that wouldn't account for the back end going wobbly?
I would guess bushes or other suspension compent as already said.
Good luck with it!  :smiley:

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: Wayne on 21 February 2011, 11:29

Doubt it will be anything to do with the caliper, could also be a worn rear shock or top mount.

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: polo6n222 on 21 February 2011, 17:47

well as i was planing to change all the shocks  anyway so i will do that and see what happens are vr6 top mounts the same as 8v ones im sure thay are

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 21 February 2011, 19:32

VR6 mounts are stiffer to accommodate the extra weight i believe.

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: Wayne on 21 February 2011, 21:28

Quote from: thai-wronghorse on 21 February 2011, 19:32

VR6 mounts are stiffer to accommodate the extra weight i believe.

I was told they are however someone else told me they are all the same.

Go for the Febi ones on ebay and fit new rears as well.

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: Khare on 21 February 2011, 22:37

If it's wobbly all round the rear then I'd say axle bushes but if it's wobbly on one side then I'd say it's top mounts.

Worth doing them anyway, car always feels a bit tighter  :smiley:


Have a look underneath at the axle bushes. Does the rubber look dry and perished/cracked? Can you peel bits of rubber off it?

If so I'd say bushes are shot too.

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: rubjonny on 22 February 2011, 09:33

aye vr top mounts are the same as standard gti mk3 ones. the 'vr wunz r betah' myth came from the corrado vr6 i recon, since they got the mk3 gti top mounts whereas the 4 pot models had the mk2 g60 top mounts.

I'm wondering if the circlip on one of the shocks or the upper spring plate has gone, alowing the shock to go up inside the car. open the boot and check the shock top cups both sides

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 22 February 2011, 10:13

Cheers for clearing that one up Johnny.

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: polo6n222 on 22 February 2011, 12:17

right just benn under the car and the axel bushs dont look to bad i have a feeling my shocks are past it with the car on the ground if i shake about the wheel the hole back end is going down if that makes any sence

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: Len on 22 February 2011, 13:27

No sign of any hydraulic leaks on the shocks?

Title: Re: back end bang
Post by: polo6n222 on 22 February 2011, 19:24

right what i done  is opened the boot and bounced the carup and dwn andthe back shocks are really losse i think they have had it