Re: Spider Suspension Knocks

["Jason Arrington" <jarrington@domain.elided>]

>90 Spider Grad.

>When I hang a right turn there is a repeating knocking sound coming from the
>front right of the car.  It only happens when I hit the turns farily hard
>(enough to compress the left side suspension).  It does not seem to be
>dependent on either speed or the radius of the turn, but just the net effect
>of both.  My guess is that the right front tire gets light enough to allow
>something to move around.

>I suspect I have some play somewhere, but where?

>Looking for advice on where to start looking, common problems, etc.

>The only changes to the car recently were a set of new Yokohama AVID H4s and
>an adjustment of the sterring box.  There is still a bit of play in the
>steering and no binding that I can feel, so I don't think that is the
>problem, but it was the last thing I touched.

>Thanks,

>James

How are your sway bar end links? A broken / damaged link can cause something
just like this.

-Jason
'87 Spider Quad
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