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Offline davemk4

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Re: Rear knocking driving me crazy
« Reply #10 on: 17 October 2013, 07:20 »
Mine were gti bushes. Jacked car up wheels were off due to work wewere doing. Moved beam up and down and there was the noise loud too
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Re: Rear knocking driving me crazy
« Reply #11 on: 17 October 2013, 22:59 »
Changed top mounts which cured the knock, was then left with the horrible creaking/rattle. With the help of Matt at OCD we eventually diagnosed it as the rear seat hinge, the drivers side hinge was covered in rust!

Cleaned it up and gave it a coat of copper grease, no more noise  :cool: