right, hoped to find it on the forum before it was gone....
I have a loud knock from the front right shock, first I noticed the steering rod was loose on the right side so had that changed, done the geometry,
now I find that there were 2 different knocks, and one of them is gone, it was a slight knock when hitting small bumps, the other one came loud when hitting bigger irregularities in the surface and because I had the whole front lower part of the suspension checked and positive there was no loose parts anymore it was only the shock itself or the top mount alone, or both.
To get access to the top mounts you need to take the plastic cover below the windscreen, so...
Popped the hood, used a flat screwdiver to take care of the plastic screws, pulled them out and opened the plastic cover of the top mount... geez there is so many unnecessary parts in this car.... does the plastic cover do anything beside sitting there ????? anyway, I could easily see a crack in the rubber, when I put a screwdriver in it I could easily move the top of the shock so was already pretty sure its broken, just be 100% sure opened the one on the other side of the car to compare how they look, no crack in the other one,
any idea if these are 197 specific top mounts or are they the same as in other renault's ?????????????? I am temporarily broke so if I could use a non RENAULT SPARE PARTS price tag I'd be happier
I have a loud knock from the front right shock, first I noticed the steering rod was loose on the right side so had that changed, done the geometry,
now I find that there were 2 different knocks, and one of them is gone, it was a slight knock when hitting small bumps, the other one came loud when hitting bigger irregularities in the surface and because I had the whole front lower part of the suspension checked and positive there was no loose parts anymore it was only the shock itself or the top mount alone, or both.
To get access to the top mounts you need to take the plastic cover below the windscreen, so...
Popped the hood, used a flat screwdiver to take care of the plastic screws, pulled them out and opened the plastic cover of the top mount... geez there is so many unnecessary parts in this car.... does the plastic cover do anything beside sitting there ????? anyway, I could easily see a crack in the rubber, when I put a screwdriver in it I could easily move the top of the shock so was already pretty sure its broken, just be 100% sure opened the one on the other side of the car to compare how they look, no crack in the other one,
any idea if these are 197 specific top mounts or are they the same as in other renault's ?????????????? I am temporarily broke so if I could use a non RENAULT SPARE PARTS price tag I'd be happier