Knocking Noise from fron of 156

When driving slow and coming to a stop or cornering I hear a definate
knocking noise from the front of the car. It sounds as though its connected
to the steering rack or similar. Anyone any ideas as to what it might be?

David
156 Selespeed (2001)

David wrote:

> When driving slow and coming to a stop or cornering I hear a definate
> knocking noise from the front of the car. It sounds as though its
> connected to the steering rack or similar. Anyone any ideas as to what it
> might be?

Sounds like the bushes. Common (ish) problem in the 156 IIRC
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David wrote in message om>...
> When driving slow and coming to a stop or cornering I hear a definate
> knocking noise from the front of the car. It sounds as though its connected
> to the steering rack or similar. Anyone any ideas as to what it might be?
>
> David
> 156 Selespeed (2001)

Hi David,
Sounds like the drive shaft joints worn to me. If you have a drive
shaft specialist near you get it checked out there. Here in the North
East we have a good one on Team Valley trading est. Gateshead. Who
fitted one on a Polo for my daughter, I think it cost her £65 total,
and took them only 15 minutes from start to finish. Plus they checked
the other side, and said that one was OK. [Strange for a garage, may
be they were honest too].
John, UK.

Catman wrote:
> David wrote:
>
>
>>When driving slow and coming to a stop or cornering I hear a definate
>>knocking noise from the front of the car. It sounds as though its
>>connected to the steering rack or similar. Anyone any ideas as to what it
>>might be?
>
>
> Sounds like the bushes. Common (ish) problem in the 156 IIRC

I have the same issue !
Any ideas on how much this costs to get fixed ?

> Catman wrote:
>> David wrote:
>>
>>>When driving slow and coming to a stop or cornering I hear a definate
>>>knocking noise from the front of the car. It sounds as though its
>>>connected to the steering rack or similar. Anyone any ideas as to what it
>>>might be?
>>
>>
>> Sounds like the bushes. Common (ish) problem in the 156 IIRC
>
> I have the same issue !
> Any ideas on how much this costs to get fixed ?

Mine were replaced at 12,000 mile service, covered by warranty! The noise
has now come back at 21,000 miles!

Do they usually go this quickly in 156s? I have never had the bushes changed
in any car before, even my 11 year old renault 21!

On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 14:45:58 GMT, "Gareth Tuckwell"
> wrote:

<snip>
>Mine were replaced at 12,000 mile service, covered by warranty! The noise
>has now come back at 21,000 miles!
>
>Do they usually go this quickly in 156s?

Well mine did! Started at the 9400 mile mark though!

>I have never had the bushes changed in any car before, even my 11 year old renault 21!

I've not been that lucky but I've never had bushes changed every 5
minutes like I do now!

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Z
Scotland
Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
'Oil' be seeing you..
(Email without 'Alfa' in subject are auto-deleted..sorry!)

><snip>
>>Mine were replaced at 12,000 mile service, covered by warranty! The noise
>>has now come back at 21,000 miles!
>>
>>Do they usually go this quickly in 156s?
>
>Well mine did! Started at the 9400 mile mark though!
>
>>I have never had the bushes changed in any car before, even my 11 year old
>renault 21!
>
>I've not been that lucky but I've never had bushes changed every 5
>minutes like I do now!
>
>--
>Z
>Scotland
>Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
>'Oil' be seeing you..
>

Rear bushes are just as bad. Mine failed MOT 15K miles ago and I'm sure are
going to fail again at MOT next week. Previous owner had them changed twice
before I got the car. Alfa really need to sort their rubbers out - front and
back. Interestingly I was reading about the new Mazda 6 the other day and it
sounds as though that car has a very similar suspension system. Bet it's more
reliable though!

Ppelectron wrote:
>><snip>
>>
>>>Mine were replaced at 12,000 mile service, covered by warranty! The noise
>>>has now come back at 21,000 miles!
>>>
>>>Do they usually go this quickly in 156s?
>>
>>Well mine did! Started at the 9400 mile mark though!
>>
>>
>>>I have never had the bushes changed in any car before, even my 11 year old
>>
>>renault 21!
>>
>>I've not been that lucky but I've never had bushes changed every 5
>>minutes like I do now!
>>
>>--
>>Z
>>Scotland
>>Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
>>'Oil' be seeing you..
>>
>
>
> Rear bushes are just as bad. Mine failed MOT 15K miles ago and I'm sure are
> going to fail again at MOT next week. Previous owner had them changed twice
> before I got the car. Alfa really need to sort their rubbers out - front and
> back. Interestingly I was reading about the new Mazda 6 the other day and it
> sounds as though that car has a very similar suspension system. Bet it's more
> reliable though!

I had my rear bushes done at 36000 miles. Just passed MOT at 47000 miles
- no problems. Perhaps I'm not driving it hard enough?!?

OTOH, needed new rear discs at 25000 miles

Halmyre

<snip>
Just spoken to Desira here in ipswich and they have given me two guide
prices for the parts: £45 if its the top wishbone, and about £170 if its
the bottom. Which is it that usually goes ?? I'm hoping someone will say
the top ones...!?

> From: (Ppelectron)
> Organization: AOL, http://www.aol.co.uk
> Newsgroups: alt.autos.alfa-romeo
> Date: 08 Oct 2004 07:12:06 GMT
> Subject: Knocking Noise from fron of 156
>
>> <snip>
>>> Mine were replaced at 12,000 mile service, covered by warranty! The noise
>>> has now come back at 21,000 miles!
>>>
>>> Do they usually go this quickly in 156s?
>>
>> Well mine did! Started at the 9400 mile mark though!
>>
>>> I have never had the bushes changed in any car before, even my 11 year old
>> renault 21!
>>
>> I've not been that lucky but I've never had bushes changed every 5
>> minutes like I do now!
>>
>> --
>> Z
>> Scotland
>> Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
>> 'Oil' be seeing you..
>>
>
> Rear bushes are just as bad. Mine failed MOT 15K miles ago and I'm sure are
> going to fail again at MOT next week. Previous owner had them changed twice
> before I got the car. Alfa really need to sort their rubbers out - front and
> back. Interestingly I was reading about the new Mazda 6 the other day and it
> sounds as though that car has a very similar suspension system. Bet it's more
> reliable though!

You can replace the bushes with poly bushes. Apparently the give a slightly
harsher ride, but last a lot longer. Check out the thread below:

http://www.alfaowner.com/Forum/showt...ght=156+bushes