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It's very common. Most people undo the bolt, put a bit of high temperature sealant under the lip/head of the bolt and then tighten it up (don't over tighten).

I think the front hub carriers, lower arms and subframe are all aluminium, which corrodes to aluminium oxide and actually protects the aluminium from further oxidation. They should be fairly well protected from moisture and oxygen as they are, only acid or alkaline conditions or of course an...

I'll third that it sounds like the upper torque arm, although if it's knackered you can usually rock it by hand where it bolts to the engine. I found the powerflex bush was great when driving/reving but vibrated way too much on idle. I bought a new arm from Renault which started knocking again...

Gutted to see you selling Antti O, will miss your pictures a lot. Whoever buys your car will be picking up a lovely motor.

I installed an APF-D102RE cable tonight and unfortunately it doesn't retain the OEM display on a 197 with this style display. The Alpine HU I'm using is OEM sub-display ready/has the 'Vehicle Interface Display' cable but the display only shows the time and temperature. It does however remove...

It's probably a good idea to protect a few areas where water sits, like the bottom of the rear windows, roof drains and the front and rear wheel arches. I had my windscreen replaced today as it was cracked, not an MOT failure but needed doing and figure now was the time as also had the rear...

While giving the n/s vent a clean just now it popped into the wing and thought I'd have a poke around to see if air could actually reach the area... as you can see there was (head) light at the end of the tunnel! I think you'd have to be moving at quite some speed to have a decent amount of...

I was dubious about the pinch bolt but it came out fairly easily after plenty of release spray, a bit of drilling, tapping in a screw extractor and applying some heat. I found removing and refitting the wheel arch liner was the most tricky part of the job. :tearsofjoy: After an accident I...

It's worth checking the upper ball joint while you're there, if it requires replacement I reckon it also needs to be pressed out. I didn't have any issues with the abs sensor when I replaced the whole hub carrier but the car was only a few years old back then, I hear they can seize in quite...

That's not bad considering a new ball joint from RSport or Raptor is ~£70 after shipping and then the old one has to be pressed out/new one pressed in. If you have access to a hydraulic press it's easy enough so why not save £50+, otherwise it's a decent service they're offering. It's good they...

I guess it's on a case by case basis, I saw MarcB had his replaced at 11 years onto warranty. My first plan was to refurbish the subframe as prefer do the work instead of a Renault garage, it would be hard to turn down a brand new subframe though. I don't want to wait until the tailgate...

You're right, the bottom/central edge of rear windscreen is much closer to the tailgate panel than the rest. :grimacing: There is a small amount of green mould growing at that point behind the window due to standing water but no rust (yet) so will try to maintain it myself with anti-corrosive...

This mornings rain after a much needed wash/polish/wax yesterday

It looks like this should do the job turkie ;)

Sorted, was the o/s top mount noticeably degraded?

If you buy one they send you a pdf guide, I think there's one knocking around the forum too. I have one to fit when I change the inner and outer track rods, probably won't be til next year or until they clearly need replacing.

Another vote for PS4, either those or Contis.

I'd also check that the disc is flush on the hub and the hub/bearing is sitting flush on the carrier. I had a steering wobble/vibration under braking and the n/s disc was blued/warped, it would turn freely for 180 degrees and then stiff for 180 degrees. New discs were the same and ended up...

I've removed the plenum chamber regularly to check up on a cam sensor leak and noticed the PCV is always quite oily and oil gathers around the intake gasket where it meets the injector shim/manifold. At the weekend I removed the entire manifold to give it a clean and a lot of oily residue came...