Welcome to the Australian Ford Forums forum.

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and inserts advertising. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features without post based advertising banners. Registration is simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.

Please Note: All new registrations go through a manual approval queue to keep spammers out. This is checked twice each day so there will be a delay before your registration is activated.

Go Back   Australian Ford Forums > Ford Australia Vehicles > Small and Mid Sized Cars > Mondeo

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 20-01-2019, 10:44 AM   #1
NZ XR6
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Auckland, NZ
Posts: 1,255
Default Noise from the rear suspension

A few months ago, I had the rear pads replaced. Since then, there has been an intermittent noise from the rear suspension on the right. It sounded like something was loose in the back, so I removed all of my work stuff and checked the spare wheel well, but didn't find anything loose.

it seemed most noticeable over bumps that caused a lot of suspension travel, but sometimes I would hear nothing for a week or so.

I investigated further over the Christmas break. There is a judder bar near home that seemed to provoke it at the right speed, so I drove over that a few times with the windows down. It sounded more like a creak than a clunk, if that makes sense. I jacked up the rear of the car but couldn't find any play or visible damage.

Last week I rotated the tyres and found that the rear wheel nuts had been seriously overtightened - just standing on a 1/2" power bar didn't work and I had to jump on it to loosen the nuts. So I changed the wheels over and torqued the wheel nuts to the Ford spec.

And the noise is gone - we've been away for the last week and no sign of it! I'm at a loss to know how overtightening the wheel nuts could cause the noise - any thoughts?

Needless to say, I won't be going back to that workshop again.
__________________
MB Mondeo TDCi wagon, sea grey, on MAK Invidia 16" wheels.
NZ XR6 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +11. The time now is 03:48 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Other than what is legally copyrighted by the respective owners, this site is copyright www.fordforums.com.au
Positive SSL