Hey Guys - I was doing some searching to try and find the reason I was hearing clunking from the rear passenger side of the car. I was able to find a loose nut that I think caused it. I'll post a pic since I'm not sure what the part is called, nor do I know what its purpose is.



There is a bolt that comes through the center of that round piece and the nut that secures it was quite loose. Once I tightened it the sound was is gone. Hopefully it will stay gone!

 

I believe that is part of the brake caliper...vibration dampener?

 

wow, the weirdest things can make me the most annoying noises. glad you fixed it though!

 

ccash, pull that damn thing off. It is just a rubber stopper that allows you to undo the other bolt holding the caliper in place and then you can rotate the caliper out and change the pads then. That spacer is just there to prevent you from rotating the caliper too far. Most of us just remove both bolts and pull the caliper free of the car completely.

Is it bad to have it there? By no means. Just one more thing that can cause a noise as you have found out.

 

this is interesting, will check mine out later as i have a slight clunk from the passenger side, had the front drop links changed (knackered anyway) and told the garage to check the rear links and anti roll bar bushes at the same time but was told they were fine.

Almost like the sound of the exhaust knocking on the underside of the car only when driving over a bump in the road. (will check this out aswell)

 

Broken shock...I have 2

 

If you have a knock from the rear end, check the upper nuts on the shocks. I had a clunk in my car and the nuts had backed themselves off by about 1/2 a turn and it was enough to give me a nice clunk. They are 10mm nuts and you will need a deep well socket to get to them and tighten them up nicely. I tried a standard socket and I could feel it trying to grip the nut, but I was catching just the tips and it wasn't enough to get it tighter than what it currently was.

 

Are they up under the wheelarch like on the mondeo or from in the boot?

 

You get at them from under the car. I use a deepwell 10mm socket and a 6 inch extension to get at the nuts. If you can, use a 1/4" drive ratchet as the 10mm socket will be a little smaller in diameter and will let you get on the nut a little better. Otherwise you may be on the nut at an angle and hard to say what is going to happen at that point.

 

I have the same noise from both sides but the bolts are tight, maybe the shock tops?

 

Any news on this issue. I have the same problem.