I'm hoping someone who is good with cars, can help me out with a problem with my runabout.
It's a very basic car, a Nissan Micra 1.0 K11 2002 model with 90k on the clock.
When turning right and encountering uneven road surface under the left wheel, there is a knocking sound coming from under the floor on the passenger side. Doesn't happen on left hand corners, going straight, or smooth surfaces.
My first thoughts were lower wishbones or track rod ends, so I jacked up the left side and checked the condition of those components. The bushings seem ok and a good manly shake of the suspension components doesn't throw up any obvious rattles or play. Bear in mind I was only using human strength to do this, no pry bars etc...
It doesn't have an anti roll bar, so that rules out bar links and associated parts.
Before lowering the car back down, I decided to check if there was any play in the road wheel. Gripping at 9 and 3 o'clock, wiggling front to back doesn't produce any play, but gripping at 12 and 6 and wiggling, produces some obvious play in the road wheel.
Am I correct in the assumption that if there is only play at the 12 and 6 position, then it's unlikely to be the wheel bearing?
I'm suspecting the lower wishbone ball joint and I'm getting both wishbones and both track rod ends done by the garage next week as a matter of course. Looks like it's still on the originals at 90k
What I don't want to happen is to get these done and then find out that it was probably the wheel bearing, so any positive advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
It's a very basic car, a Nissan Micra 1.0 K11 2002 model with 90k on the clock.
When turning right and encountering uneven road surface under the left wheel, there is a knocking sound coming from under the floor on the passenger side. Doesn't happen on left hand corners, going straight, or smooth surfaces.
My first thoughts were lower wishbones or track rod ends, so I jacked up the left side and checked the condition of those components. The bushings seem ok and a good manly shake of the suspension components doesn't throw up any obvious rattles or play. Bear in mind I was only using human strength to do this, no pry bars etc...
It doesn't have an anti roll bar, so that rules out bar links and associated parts.
Before lowering the car back down, I decided to check if there was any play in the road wheel. Gripping at 9 and 3 o'clock, wiggling front to back doesn't produce any play, but gripping at 12 and 6 and wiggling, produces some obvious play in the road wheel.
Am I correct in the assumption that if there is only play at the 12 and 6 position, then it's unlikely to be the wheel bearing?
I'm suspecting the lower wishbone ball joint and I'm getting both wishbones and both track rod ends done by the garage next week as a matter of course. Looks like it's still on the originals at 90k
What I don't want to happen is to get these done and then find out that it was probably the wheel bearing, so any positive advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
