(NAS) starlet ep82 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 hi guysas some of you might know i've been building my starlet for just over a year now aswell as building mine at the same time have been helping on my mates starlet toobasically we've finally got his car up & running & after many nightmares we've finally got some braking pressureRIGHT TO THE POINT NOW -basically we had my mates starlet out tonite for the first time after a year drove the car runs sweet,BUT noticed/heard we have a knocking/clunking sound when we turn right or left the more we turn the steering to either side the more it makes the clunk noise louder.. the car is running an after market LSD gearbox which has had always the usual clunk when turning right in full lock but now we've got the noise from both sides & also when we hit a small pot hole the passenger side suspention seems like we could hear the top suspension mount knocking (1 year old meister R coilovers fitted)not quite sure what it is but i'm guessing its from the drive-shafts ??since the car was off road a year ago we had the suspension off (meister R's) also fitted new Cv joints & track rod ends, lower ball joints etcwe know the car needs tracking done BUT we are going to get the geometry set up all at once when this annoying clunk noise is sortedany info & help much appreciated guyscheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
(NAS) starlet ep82 Posted August 29, 2013 Author Share Posted August 29, 2013 Forgot to mention the after market gearbox is a cusco LSD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ep'd Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Outer cv joints Quote Link to post Share on other sites
(NAS) starlet ep82 Posted August 29, 2013 Author Share Posted August 29, 2013 Outer cv jointsHi the outer CV joints have both been changed tho for new ones :-/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ep'd Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Then only alternative after that is steering rack Quote Link to post Share on other sites
(NAS) starlet ep82 Posted August 29, 2013 Author Share Posted August 29, 2013 Hmm could be steering rack because i have had the track rod ends changed & steering is abit out of line BUT having said that it is a loud clunk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ep'd Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 It normally is a massive clunk if its the rack Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spoon_tuned Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Or its the top mounts trying greasing them.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
(NAS) starlet ep82 Posted August 29, 2013 Author Share Posted August 29, 2013 Yes it is a massive clunk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ep'd Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Ain't this been posted twice? Thought I told you weeks ago to check the rack? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
morgey Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Cusco lsds clunk like mad! This is mine>http://youtu.be/LD7ycptXi0o Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kavan-k Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I said in the earlier post its your rack matey! Get it looked at and see anyway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
(NAS) starlet ep82 Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 Yes this has been posted twice & the drive shaft had so much play tht we managed to pull it out of the cv joint on passenger side this was maybe due to my mate not fitting the circlip which wr have now fitted but the noise is still thereHes only changed the drivers cv joint but passenger cv joint is actually a year old & i dont think its steering rack because the car was fine before parked up over the winter& it's defo not the LSD noise because this is more of a clicking noise now might have to order a new cv joint on passenger side too even tho its only a year old :-/ Been stuck with this problem now for weeks so pissed off Quote Link to post Share on other sites
(NAS) starlet ep82 Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 & defo cant be steering rack because we managed to pull the passenger driveshaft out of the cv joint but this was due to mo circlip on the splines but we have fittef this now n its fine no play at all & we checked this whilst wheels wre on full lock on the ramp & driverside shaft is nice n tight no play at all Quote Link to post Share on other sites
(NAS) starlet ep82 Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 If someone could confirm if the lower ball joints as pictured are for the ep82 or the glanza ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
(NAS) starlet ep82 Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 bump Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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