wheel bearing and swivel can present with play side to side and up and down/in and out. hard to explain in words, but try using a crowbar under the jacked up wheel to lift the wheel vertically on the swivels rather than rocking the wheel at 6 oclock and 12 oclock position. if you can get the...

wow, was the chassis so far gone :eek: looked ok from the pics, but do know what ya mean when stuff's in the way.

aye, was on a zipmiester epic :o

I considered yrm panels, but never got further than that. really must sample their stuff sometime. welding wise, pretty much anywhere I could get a weld, I did. all new panels are seem welded, the only plug welding was building up the profile of the vent aperture. once you get the...

possibly, but not limited to- the spring seats and rust, debris, or worn rubber protector if fitted. also shocker covers contacting the shocker body, shocker bushes twisting. use localised spray of wd40 while your assistant instigates the squeak, the squeak may change note or disappear...

as already said, possibly too tight. interested to know where your chunks are missing from, the internal raceway or the edge of raceway? if internal would say lack of grease or over tightened, if on an edge then possibly faulty installation or removal. your full lock clunking could possibly be...

a mate to instigate the creaking while you crawl underneath the localise the noise

too tight? not lubed? cheap bearings? not tight enough? cv's changed before or after? done by you or a garage? full of pay and play mud? pictures? they don't usually shatter, seize and spin on the stub is more common due to lack of maintenance.

bear in mind head gasket failure pressurises the system and pushes water back into the header tank, giving a false positive. understand this isn't the plan, and its to prevent hgf as a result of coolant loss, but just thought I'd mention it. looked into low level sensors when my rad sprung a...

bit too far for me to be local, but will keep an eye on the thread and offer suggestions as I see fit :D keep us all updated!

would be nice to see if its just one corner that's causing the issue, or a combination of smaller amounts on all corners, so if its possible to do kwakerman's suggestion, would be good. other alternative (to the matchstick method :D ) is a coating of methylene blue or engineers blue on the...

I think this may be what I was trying to say last night until beer got in the way :D ya say you've got vented discs on the front? are they standard for model or upgrade / aftermarket fitment? do you have wheel spacers fitted or large offset rims? somethings allowing the pads to be...

how the feck have I missed this thread :rolleyes:

read the lot, then re read the first post. gut feeling is still wheel bearings, and after a load of Guinness, gonna offer a non tried, hairbrained idea. using 4 matches (unused), cable tie or securely affix by other means, one to each side of the front disc to within a fag paper packet...

:nothingtoadd: well, its on the cards for mine, when I dig it out next. 200tdi disco engine and lt77 (already acquired) mated to series transferbox as like others I want to retain the red and yellow sticks :D need to research disco bellhousing alternatives and what needs swapping, then...

whats gonna hold the door shut?

got a better camera yer wanna donate? :p cheers for the compliment tho :D

its been in the workshop about 4 weeks, the night it came in it got needle gunned to find the extent of rot. initially we thought it might be a replacement bulkhead job, but decided there was enough reasonable stuff to try and repair it. repairs started last Thursday on the motor, (panels...

the vent profiles were a pain in the arse!, there's about a 50 gram pack o baccy gone into that while sat thinking "wat the fook do I do with this?" :eek: anyway, few more pics of the offside, a quick pic of rob's rust bucket, and a bonus pic of a pink pig :rolleyes: best o luck wi yours pikey ;)

well, its finally happened. dave's bulkhead repairs in pictures. after removing a ton of body filler, we could see what we were playing with. not quite got round to finishing the other side, if theres enough interest there can be more pics :D i'll let someone else linky to the original...