Help Please!

[woodywrx]

i have just fitted coilovers to my bugeye,and have lowered it to the point of not being able to get my trolley jack under the car. I have a loud knocking noise coming from the osr but i cant find anything loose or damaged. Could it be that with the car being this low, its putting to much strain on the diff as the driveshafts are at quite a large angle to the hubs? is there anything i can do to sort this out?

[Pele]

i have just fitted coilovers to my bugeye,and have lowered it to the point of not being able to get my trolley jack under the car. I have a loud knocking noise coming from the osr but i cant find anything loose or damaged. Could it be that with the car being this low, its putting to much strain on the diff as the driveshafts are at quite a large angle to the hubs? is there anything i can do to sort this out?

Have you tried getting the standard jack under it? If it fits, you can then lift it to accommodate the trolley jack

[woodywrx]

i just drive it onto a couple of bricks to give me enough room. its the knocking im worried about

[col_2]

i just drive it onto a couple of bricks to give me enough room. its the knocking im worried about

i had the same problem on my old scoobie with coil overs, i used to get a loud knocking

sound from osr, the spring some how wasnt sitting in the right place, i used to put it back

& check nut on lower arm then it was fine, if there secondhand check to make sure the

threads are fine where you have the nut & lock nut, ive heard that some people grease

coil overs up which helps, goodluck hope you get it sorted

[Deano 666]

Hi, how many miles have you done with the coil overs fitted? it could just be them settling down? is it a noise going over bumps or as you drive?

[woodywrx]

i will check that lower arm nut, they were bought brand new. its whenever i accelerate or turning left makes it worse. now its worse and it feels like its holding back on power. its really sluggish and grinds when i pull away. they have been fitted for over a week now. think the diff is b******sed

Edited February 14, 2010 by bugeyewrx

[kentperformance]

i will check that lower arm nut, they were bought brand new. its whenever i accelerate or turning left makes it worse. now its worse and it feels like its holding back on power. its really sluggish and grinds when i pull away. they have been fitted for over a week now. think the diff is b******sed

I would say that is probably more than coil over fitment issues. The only issues we have seen is knackered top mounts, or the washers missing on the top mounts too.

[Pele]

and something that happened to me was that the strut had been put on the wrong way round.....

[woodywrx]

thanks for the help, waldonway...here i come.......again!