Loud Tapping Noise From The Rear Left Hand Side

[sam-]

hey all i have a ke70 and all of a sudden there is a loud thumping/tapping noise coming from what seems to be the back left hand side but i can't find anything wrong with anything? any ideas as to what this could be?

thanks sam.

[LittleRedSpirit]

hey all i have a ke70 and all of a sudden there is a loud thumping/tapping noise coming from what seems to be the back left hand side but i can't find anything wrong with anything? any ideas as to what this could be?

thanks sam.

 

 

For christs sake mate, could you give us any less information. Does it tap faster as you increase speed? Is it on bumps? Is it random.

 

Faster as you speed up = something attached to a rotating assembly such as tailshaft or wheels/brakes.

 

Only on bumps would mean there is something wrong with the suspension.

 

Random tapping might mean there is something loose and flapping in the wind.

[Trev]

hey all i have a ke70 and all of a sudden there is a loud thumping/tapping noise coming from what seems to be the back left hand side but i can't find anything wrong with anything? any ideas as to what this could be?

thanks sam.

 

Is the seat belt hanging out the door, Happened to me the other week.

[LittleRedSpirit]

Is the seat belt hanging out the door, Happened to me the other week.

 

 

I noticed my jack handle would swing around in the boot and hit the side panels sometimes on hard right handers...

 

Just another possibility.

 

This may be one of those occasions where someone posts a random question then never comes back...

[rollake70]

tell ya another 1 that got me

 

one of my exhaust hunges close to the rear had come unattached and was ratteling agains the exhaust

 

now that was very f@$king annoying lol just check it

[altezzaclub]

If its over 80kph you could have a tyre delaminating or collapsing in the belts.

 

At low speed its OK but at high speed centrifugal force makes it oval shaped and it hammers up and down.

 

Otherwise the tyre looks OK.

[sam-]

only happens under load and it gets faster as i accelerate

[Fat Bastard Customs]

wheel nuts loose?

[RainWarriorDregs]

^thats happened to me before, got out and the thing was being held on with one nut, not good

[bLinded_]

Thumping and tapping seem to be pretty opposite ways to describe the sound.

 

Checked for any foreign objects in the tires? Stones/screws/thumbtacks? That would cause a 'tap' which would get louder and more frequent with speed.

 

Loose numberplate? Or a flapping P plate etc? Rear bumper?

 

Have you done a thorough inspection of all suspension components at the rear to make sure nothing is loose/abnormal looking? Make sure to check that the upper shock mounting points inside the boot have not come loose causing the shock to be 'sloopy' whist the car is moving etc. Also I would take what LittleRedSpirit said about the jack handle as a good possibility. I know that mine does bang against the side of the car sometimes. Also, check the boot side cavities like where the jack is. Something could be in those thumping around, or even the jack come loose in it holder.

Edited June 28, 2010 by bLinded_

[7shades]

That hooker in the boot isn't properly dead... She'll keep banging until she runs out of air or escapes.

[SLO-030]

That hooker in the boot isn't properly dead... She'll keep banging until she runs out of air or escapes.

 

That one caught me out a few times.

 

Not anymore......I love nail studded baseball bats!

[MYSTIK[RL]]

If its over 80kph you could have a tyre delaminating or collapsing in the belts.

 

At low speed its OK but at high speed centrifugal force makes it oval shaped and it hammers up and down.

 

Otherwise the tyre looks OK.

 

have had this happen in the past, only problem the tyre actually let go and the car ended up on its roof ;) (thank god for one less ford on the road :laff:).

 

That hooker in the boot isn't properly dead... She'll keep banging until she runs out of air or escapes.

 

:wink:

 

That one caught me out a few times.

 

Not anymore......I love nail studded baseball bats!

 

so that was the banging noise, i could hear on the last pizza night i was wondering what it was ;)

[curly]

only happens under load and it gets faster as i accelerate

Rear uni DUCK

[sam-]

good to know everyone on here is so helpfull hahahahahha