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Offline pbeardmore

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newby question - knocking noise aorund drive shaft
« on: 03 September 2014, 11:24 »
I have a GTI 1.8 Turbo. for a few months there has been a knocking noise around the area of the front nearside drifeshaft, it only is there when under power (not in neutral or coming off the power) and is in time with the revelution of the wheels rather than changing with the gears. Its much more noticable on smooth roads and during a recent trip to France on the motorways, it was really bugging me. Two local garages have been unable to find anything and have said wait till it gets worse but I am not happy with that reply, any ideas?

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Re: newby question - knocking noise aorund drive shaft
« Reply #1 on: 03 September 2014, 11:53 »
cv joints dead, i went through 5 drive shafts :laugh:

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Re: newby question - knocking noise aorund drive shaft
« Reply #2 on: 03 September 2014, 18:45 »
cv joints dead, i went through 5 drive shafts :laugh:

does them cv joints make knocking sound asif it was a droplink - course it cant be droplink because i dont have any  :cool:

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Re: newby question - knocking noise aorund drive shaft
« Reply #3 on: 04 September 2014, 20:17 »
may be arb knocking on drive shaft

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Re: newby question - knocking noise aorund drive shaft
« Reply #4 on: 10 September 2014, 08:33 »
I would fit drop links before changing drive shafts defiantly