weird knocking sound

[steve@uc]

definately did them as tight as i could and now there is no movement in the shock at all. rearly bugging me now... spent all night since getting home from work messing with it and i just cant sus it........... im now looking over the many pages on this forum hoping that i might find someone how had the same problem and diagnosed it

[marcogolfo]

i had a similar thing engine mount on gearbox side, when i lowered the car i had to jack it right up and must have killed whatever was left of the mount

[Organisys]

Check your wishbone and arb bushes too.

Nothing really to do with the new springs but might be worth checking....drive the car in both directions on full lock, if you get worse knocking and cracking it could be the drive shaft cv joints.

[simonmk2gti]

check ur exhaust hanger and exhaust is not knocking...

[marcogolfo]

if youve recently changed your wishbones and not put the metal insert in like i did once  then that will be what it is if not then not sure

[gonegolfing]

I recentely had a knocking on my mk2 - same sort of thing, only knocked when i was cruising or slowing down, but not when accelerating. Was told it was engine mounts, CV joints, springs or bushes - so replaced them all one by one, and it didn't cure it. Also replaced the brakes, and it was still there. Only when the gearbox packed in did i get it sorted. Apparently it was a set of bearings, something like 'pinion bearings', which sounded like a big tie-wrap attached to your wheel, as it was affected by speed. This may help, and then again it may not, but seeing as it took me ages to sort it out, i just thought i'd share it with someone

ps
you don't want your gearbox to go..............really

[steve@uc]

hmm i hope not, bu6t yet if it is the diff then i will just have to rebuild it........... any1 got any idea of prices on pinion bearings and a full gear set for the diff