EViS
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The rear of my E85 roadster SE was creaking and clunking in the rear. Lo and behold, after only 60k miles, the nearside rear spring was broken into three. Today I fitted a new pair of Suplex springs. Something has improved, however the creaking and clunking is still there.
Motorway driving and straight country roads with minor potholes are fine. However, low speed turns, corners, larger pot holes and swerving from side to side results in the rear creaking and clunking. Once parked, pushing down on the rear corners doesn't flag up anything obvious.
I think the sound is predominantly coming from the nearside rear corner (same side as the broken spring), however at times I think it's also coming from both sides.
Could this be a bush somewhere? Or one of the shocks? As an enthusiast driveway mechanic, how can I find the culprit?
Motorway driving and straight country roads with minor potholes are fine. However, low speed turns, corners, larger pot holes and swerving from side to side results in the rear creaking and clunking. Once parked, pushing down on the rear corners doesn't flag up anything obvious.
I think the sound is predominantly coming from the nearside rear corner (same side as the broken spring), however at times I think it's also coming from both sides.
Could this be a bush somewhere? Or one of the shocks? As an enthusiast driveway mechanic, how can I find the culprit?
. However, the lower control arm bushes look a little perished and there's a fair amount of orange rust around the bolts, so I've ordered a new set of these (Lemforder 3071301 / OEM 33326771828) as no doubt they're on their way out. Will then get the geometry redone.