Chassis crack

[Steve F]

The mount for the panhard is bolted to the chassis, check the bolts are good and tight as this can move at full lock and bang as well.

Cheers
Steve

[xjsteve]

Originally Posted by Wooders

Any smash repairer should be able to fix that EASILY without any engineers report.
If you are not comfortable welding it DON'T - no-one might ever know.....until it fails (cause it's only think sheet metal) and the lack of a panhard sends you into a bus-stop queue.....
This is NOT the place for backyard bodgies sorry boys.

you guys dont have an aftermarket or strenghting kit for this problem hey?

[Oli-dogg]

Hi Steve,

I had someone look at it for me because I couldn't tell where the noise was coming from. Apparently it's the track bar mount in behind the drivers side coil and not a cracked chassis. Is this a common fault?

I'll check the panhard bolts while I'm under there but I'm not sure where they are yet! .

Originally Posted by Steve F

The mount for the panhard is bolted to the chassis, check the bolts are good and tight as this can move at full lock and bang as well.

Cheers
Steve

[Steve F]

Originally Posted by Oli-dogg

Hi Steve,

I had someone look at it for me because I couldn't tell where the noise was coming from. Apparently it's the track bar mount in behind the drivers side coil and not a cracked chassis. Is this a common fault?

I'll check the panhard bolts while I'm under there but I'm not sure where they are yet! .

Both the same thing, just depends who you ask So basically nothing else to check.

Cheers
Steve

[Oli-dogg]

Originally Posted by Steve F

Both the same thing, just depends who you ask So basically nothing else to check.

Cheers
Steve

Great, thanks for that.

I tightened the panhard bolts and all 6 (including the 2 onto the chassis) were loose. It has done the trick - no more knocking noise!