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Knocking Noise

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1986,T25 Water cooled. Fitted new wheel bearings, discs and drums, pads, shocks and cv's all round. New tyres as well. Knocking noise when turning left and weight on right. Wheel speed'ish. Surely not a bad bearing. Any ideas?

Cheers - Martin

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Hi Martin
It could possibly be play in the upper or lower swivel joints
If you can't weld it try bostic!!
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If you got the bearings from GSF then it would apear they are a waste of time, sayes the guy on his 4th set in a year.

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Radius rod bushes, the big doughnut ones gave me similar symptoms

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Swappeed the front hubs round, checked everything was adusted and ok and bingo noise gone.

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