Celebrated 'The Rite of Spring'.
Investigated the noise coming from the front wheel arch in my other half's A2 - it apparently gets louder with speed, and more so when cornering, and could still be heard over the Tay FM - so quite loud then.
Based on the symptoms described thus (after being driven like this 12 miles to work and home again on the local dual carriageway on Friday) when I got home after dark I assumed it was the bearing installed at the MOT beginning to fail due to the wrong press tool being used. Finally had time to look yesterday morning and take photos on the jack just now. Quite apart from the fact that there is now almost no clearance between the inner / outer wheel arch and the tyre, I was rather surprised to see this. This was one of the Suplex 03207's I've been extolling for the past couple of years along with all new suspension parts when it was refreshed. It could be bad luck (rogue in the batch with a small imperfection in the metal) - I hope it isn't indicative of a general QC problem, but I am replacing both just in case. The top half of the spring is still present below the shock and seems to be sitting on top of the suspension arm - the wheel doesn't rub when it is straight or slightly turned so I don't know if it is being supported by the ARB and the other side?? Have a pair of Sachs springs with the same specification on order, and will take it to the same mechanic 100 yards up the road who did my gearbox swap. .. A2s, neverending fun for all the family
Investigated the noise coming from the front wheel arch in my other half's A2 - it apparently gets louder with speed, and more so when cornering, and could still be heard over the Tay FM - so quite loud then.
Based on the symptoms described thus (after being driven like this 12 miles to work and home again on the local dual carriageway on Friday) when I got home after dark I assumed it was the bearing installed at the MOT beginning to fail due to the wrong press tool being used. Finally had time to look yesterday morning and take photos on the jack just now. Quite apart from the fact that there is now almost no clearance between the inner / outer wheel arch and the tyre, I was rather surprised to see this. This was one of the Suplex 03207's I've been extolling for the past couple of years along with all new suspension parts when it was refreshed. It could be bad luck (rogue in the batch with a small imperfection in the metal) - I hope it isn't indicative of a general QC problem, but I am replacing both just in case. The top half of the spring is still present below the shock and seems to be sitting on top of the suspension arm - the wheel doesn't rub when it is straight or slightly turned so I don't know if it is being supported by the ARB and the other side?? Have a pair of Sachs springs with the same specification on order, and will take it to the same mechanic 100 yards up the road who did my gearbox swap. .. A2s, neverending fun for all the family
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