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Hi i have a noise occuring whenever i hitt the brakes hard, or give it acceleration quickly around a corner, i got told the bushes were worn out but would this make a click sound.

Check your engine mounts. Also could be a number of different suspension components

yip as dstocks said and clicking around corners most likely cv's

I had a clicking on acceleratioin and braking and it turned out to be the bolts holding the rear lower bushes were worn, so even at full torque they would eventually allow a little movement. Not enough to affect handling but enoough to feel through the floor of the car.

It will be your CV Shafts, my magna had the exact same problem.

my money would be on cv's

Guys, please elaborate on what you would experience with worn CV shafts. My car is having major noise issues when accelerating/decelerating in gear only, like a quick clunk clunk clunk that you can feel through the floor. Pop it in neutral and no issues.

I have had a quick look at it up on a jack and everything suspension wise SEEMS to be solid. I am able to spin the passenger wheel in D, Neutral, P (which I assume I shouldn't be able to do) and there is a sort of clunking crunching noise. The drivers side does the same. Now that makes me think it was the Diff, but it still drives fine... HELP!!! lolz.

I and others have assumed that it was the Diff losing a spider gear or something, I am almost to the point of binning the car if it is indeed the gearbox (looked to be cheaper to buy an EC5A VR4 here than to fix the car).

I know that is extreme, and I want to keep my car, hence why I am hijacking this thread

Get in the car & turn it to full lock then do a U turn. Do you hear a popping noise? If yes, the CVs are shot.

I've never heard of an FTO diff spitting a spider gear out...

Doesn't do that, and the reason I fully suspect the spider gear or something similar is that it still drives, albeit barely...

If the left CV is was shot, which way should I do the U turn? I have been only doing them normally, worth trying them the other way?

Damn, just looked at the last question, I think that was my most stupid ever

FTEvolution wrote:Guys, please elaborate on what you would experience with worn CV shafts. My car is having major noise issues when accelerating/decelerating in gear only, like a quick clunk clunk clunk that you can feel through the floor. Pop it in neutral and no issues.

Are you hearing this from the front or the back? This sounds familiar...from memory it could be you rear trailing arm bushes are worn. Dunno if it's the same noise but it almost felt like there was something heavyish moving around in the fuel tank making a clunking sound.

Front, can feel it through the foot rest

FTEvolution wrote:Front, can feel it through the foot rest

get the lower control arm bushes checked mate usually feeling it through the foot rest is very good sign

i order my bushes and droplinks so im going to see if the noise stops afterwards, i heard it may be my engine mounts but my c.v joints like fine according to pedders suspension

kosto wrote:i order my bushes and droplinks so im going to see if the noise stops afterwards, i heard it may be my engine mounts but my c.v joints like fine according to pedders suspension

where did you order them from? camskill? and how much??