knocking sound front end

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kevin wallis

can anybody help ,2003 wrx,when I reverse, full lock right hand down I get a
nasty knocking sound from the front end ,off side ,it only happens in
reverse it dose`nt happen all the time it sounds like the wheel is being
pulled off !nothing appears to be louse or falling off
 
this probably won't help you too much, but i feel like i heard about
something like this on cartalk once. maybe if they have an archive you
could search that. in the end i seem to remember that the problem
wasn't actually that big, even though it sounded like the wheel was
about to fall off. i think something was locking up.

good luck

jon
 
this probably won't help you too much, but i feel like i heard about
something like this on cartalk once. maybe if they have an archive you
could search that. in the end i seem to remember that the problem
wasn't actually that big, even though it sounded like the wheel was
about to fall off. i think something was locking up.

good luck

jon
 
kevin said:
can anybody help ,2003 wrx,when I reverse, full lock right hand down I get a
nasty knocking sound from the front end ,off side ,it only happens in
reverse it dose`nt happen all the time it sounds like the wheel is being
pulled off !nothing appears to be louse or falling off

Holding at full lock is very bad for your power steering system.
Does the knocking sound like a cv joint?
 
It dose`nt seem to happen every time ,usually when I`ve been parked up for a
couple of hours .The sound is like the wheel or tyre is being dragged off
,the first time it happened I got out of the car to see if I had damaged
it.It occurs on both sides of the car but a lot more prevalent on the off
side it seems to happen when I`m reversing and I take the car at least one
third of the turning circle i.e., reversing out of a parking bay
 
Sounds like a bad CV joint, replace the offending axle with a rebuilt unit.
Also make sure the front stabilizer isn't broken on one end. TG
 

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