my old corsa used to make some funny noises.
first was the exhaust hitting the axle.
then the piston dust covers made horrendous squeeking noises.

heard of some curing noisy springs by sheathing the coils with a bit of old garden hose, obviousaly slit down it's length.

its defo the zorst hitting the back axle did it on mine, if you jack the car up you cannot see it cos the axle drops and comes away from the exhuast, but if you can get under the car while on the floor you should be able to see that its poss about a couple of mm off.

Darren

wat about your wheel drumbs? when i reverse they sumthimes sound like the springs inside are cracking or bein pulled tightly, if so give them a good clean of breack dust did mine the trick

mine does it on one side, sounds like its coming from behind the rear quarter panel. its on FK coilovers which have been on for about 5 months but i`ve only recently noticed the noise. its driving me mad:mad: checked all the suspension. had the interior in bits but its still there tapin away:mad: doesnt do it when i hit a bump but more on rough tarmac or uneven roads.
Its just a case of..... turn them tunes up!!!!!

thats def a relief!
must check the springs just to see if there's much wear on the insides of the coils.

its sounds like the car's gonna break in half or something :o

thanx guys!!!! :thumbs:

Its prob the coils of the springs hitting together (spring chatter or summit they call it...?)

I just have got mine lowered and have the same problem. Dont think there is much that can be done about it.

EDIT >> If you do a search on the forum for this problem you will see there are plenty of others complainin about the same type of noise :mad:

[Edited on 14-12-2004 by Smick]

Mine does that and its done it ever since I put the springs and shocks on. Got told that its spring chatter or something and nothing I can do about it:|
Still pisses me off though!

Folks, am having trouble with the back end of the car. every time i go over a bump theres like a knocking noise from the back end.
Shocks have only 5k on them so it cant be them. exhaust aint hittin off anything either. back axle is screwed in tite as is the shocks. was thinkin it's the bushins but never heard of corsas having bushin trouble. anyone know wot it mite be?
thanx in advance

ps. shes lowered 80mil on jamex shocks