Annoying knocking noise
 

Hi ive recently bought a Mitsubishi Outlander Diamond 2007,on a flat even road its lovely but go over a few rough bits and you get a knocking from the back end,Ok I was told you need 2 new drop links,bought 2 and fitted them and the noise is exactly the same and driving me mad....any idea what it is please? thanks:)

Anyone???

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sanguinus or mikey will surely have your back on this one.

Hope so its really annoying cant wait to find out what it is :)

i had knocking going over bumps ,changed 2 anti roll bar bushes knock gone.

Thank you for your reply westentertainer do you know what the part numbers are? thanks

no sorry ,they are rubber horse shoe type bushes .you can see them on the anti roll bar with 2 bolts to remove very easy

I'd recommend Moog brand end links:
2007 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER Stabilizer Bar Link

Thanks for reply,any tips on removing them or can I just do it off wheel ramps? cheers

Ive already changed those its the rubbers ive got to do next but thanks for reply :)

whoops! those are the bushings. I've done some on my ranger...easy.

Went to change anti roll bar bushes to find that one of the bolts has been rounded off,the one on the drivers side at the top and you cant see it.....how the hell am I going to get that out......no wonder its knocking last owner obviously rounded it off and abandoned job......havnt a clue how to remove a rounded bolt that you cant even see.

do you have enough room to drill out the center of the bolt, then use an easy out? Use lots of penetrating oil beforehand.

I encountered a similar issue trying to remove the swaybar links on my Outlander.


In one case, I used a reciprocating saw and just sliced the rounded-head bolt off. I was replacing the swaybar link anyway so I didn't care about damaging the bolt in it.


In another case, I used channellocks to grip the rounded-bolt head and they actually worked pretty well.