Weird noice from front suspension area ...

payaya · Post by **payaya** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:21 pm

As per my above post what is one of the main reasons of vibration under while accelerating/load? Your mounts! How can it be a control arm or most or some of the above suggestions if it is only during load periods? How can it be a wheel balance if itS vibrating only when accelerating? Does your wheel unbalance themselves when you have your foot on the gas????

Take your centre member off and check yours mounts. Your mounts can look find when on your car but like mine where sagged and I had a vibration under load. Ever mid 90s Fto must have crapped out mounts by now.

I was getting vibration or shake throughout the car when accelerating around the 2-4000rpm area. I also got a vibration above 100kms an hour.

The left and right mounts sag no sh*t about 1.5 to cms making your engine rest on the front and rear mounts and over time the rear facing part of your side mounts start to tear and then totally destroys the rear mount.

I've changed all my mounts and the difference in smoothness and massively different from idle to when accelerating.

bass_twitch · Post by **bass_twitch** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 9:19 am

Hey vandit, you end up solving it?

vandit · Post by **vandit** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 10:02 am

no not yet.. i have sorted the squeeking noises .. not the clunking... squeeking noises were the lower mounts ...

The main weird sound is still there.. i might find someone thats a FTO mechanic .. who can pin point it or know more about it as its annoying.. makes it feel like a old car..

bass_twitch · Post by **bass_twitch** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 10:11 am

What about the shaking?

silverGPX · Post by **silverGPX** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 10:55 am

$290 for a rack recondition?

That's pretty good, i might get mine done, its fuckin wandering all over the place..

payaya · Post by **payaya** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:14 pm

vandit wrote:no not yet.. i have sorted the squeeking noises .. not the clunking... squeeking noises were the lower mounts ...

The main weird sound is still there.. i might find someone thats a FTO mechanic .. who can pin point it or know more about it as its annoying.. makes it feel like a old car..

Vandit where you located? If you bought the mount I recommended and you you have not fixed your side mounts it will cause your engine to rest on the rear mount causing the vibration even if your rear mount is new.

I have a solid mount and will line up the engine sort of as solid. Sort of like the manual mount but it's been Sikaflexed so it's more solid. If you want I had post it to ya and you can try it out free if charge. I'm pretty confident it will stop your vibration under load.

Or you can jam a couple of rubbers in your mount to stop your engine from moving under load and see if it improves.

FTO AUSTRALIA