Slight knock

[pacman67]

Now I have a slight knock sound on my 02 xc70. Pinpointed the area by rocking the car from the roof rails and it sounded like an old clock ticking as it rocked. So with someone repeating this I looked and listened and homed in on the NSF anti roll bar bush, you could actually feel the click as the car rocked. So I guess the bush which is supposed to be bonded to the bar has failed somehow ?
As it says in Vida the bush is part of the bar and looks a pig to change, I think bushes are available, so your thoughts please.

[Yorkie200]

have a look here.

http://www.volvoxc.com/forums/showth...nt-alternative

a none official fix, but cheaper than Volvo ripping you off

[Orca2]

If you can get the saddle clamp off you can split the bush ,wrap the bar in a piece of bike innertube tie wrap it both ends refit the bush and clamp back together with the saddle clamp, it passes mots and stops the clicking.

[pacman67]

knocking is definitely over bumps, i have noticed that the offside top mount has a bigger gap than the nearside, cant remember but does the gap increase when the top mounts go bad. sounds like a louder knock than the click i get from the arb.

[pacman67]

Thanks , I've actually been a bit blind here, the click is coming from the lower part of the near side drop link, rocking the car you can feel the click, and a slight squeeze stops the noise. Annoyingly only fitted end of last year. Hopefully will get a foc replacement. Case of overlooking the obvious.