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Sivvy · 29th June 2008, 13:52

Hi,

After 2 more months wondering what this sound is, I'm quite sure I have found the problem.
With the car jacked up at the front, and turning the wheel very strongly from side to side (as if turned by the rocking the steering wheel quickly), I could feel some movement and hear metallic noises. With some difficulty I was able to do this whilst under the car, and could see movement at the ball-joint at the outer end of the wishbone.

I am a little annoyed at myself for not checking this before, but it was only after vigorous shaking that the noise occurred. This may be why it has passed at least one MOT (TUV) test with the problem unreported, but I know this should be part of our test and a good inspector should have seen it.

After reading the Querlenker thread again I see there have been quite a few reports but not so many recently. I am hoping that this was an early problem and the part has now been re-designed?

Has anybody done this work themselves? I noticed the instruction kindly posted by kalleh on an A-Arm thread and managed to translate it, so I think I know what to do. The last part seems to instruct how to settle the car to the correct height before tightening the chassis screws?

http://www.eurovan2.com/forum/attach...rer-lenker.pdf

Thanks for any advice.
Regards,
Sivvy

29th June 2008, 13:52	#10 (permalink)
Sivvy Master Join Date: 13 Oct 2006 Location: Isle of Sheppey, Kent Age: 45 Posts: 77 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Car: Fiat Ulysse 2.0 JTD Eleganza Country of origin:	Problem found - Wishbone (Querlenker) Hi, After 2 more months wondering what this sound is, I'm quite sure I have found the problem. With the car jacked up at the front, and turning the wheel very strongly from side to side (as if turned by the rocking the steering wheel quickly), I could feel some movement and hear metallic noises. With some difficulty I was able to do this whilst under the car, and could see movement at the ball-joint at the outer end of the wishbone. I am a little annoyed at myself for not checking this before, but it was only after vigorous shaking that the noise occurred. This may be why it has passed at least one MOT (TUV) test with the problem unreported, but I know this should be part of our test and a good inspector should have seen it. After reading the Querlenker thread again I see there have been quite a few reports but not so many recently. I am hoping that this was an early problem and the part has now been re-designed? Has anybody done this work themselves? I noticed the instruction kindly posted by kalleh on an A-Arm thread and managed to translate it, so I think I know what to do. The last part seems to instruct how to settle the car to the correct height before tightening the chassis screws? http://www.eurovan2.com/forum/attach...rer-lenker.pdf Thanks for any advice. Regards, Sivvy
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