The most complicated way to fix a simple problem
Discussion
You know those problems that take forever to fix but then turn out to have a simple solution?
I had a knocking noise coming from the left rear of the car. To resolve this issue I did the following:
- changed the driveshaft
- changed the wheel bearing
- changed the wishbone bushes
- removed the ARB
- checked the shocks and springs (which were new)
Frustratingly none of these things had any effect. Out of ideas, I chose to the "ignore it and it might go away" solution until a handy-with-spanners mate was in the car. I asked him if he had any ideas. He did.
We got out, walked round the back and he gave the exhaust a shove, knocking it against the bumper with the exact noise that had been haunting me for months. He'd had the same problem on his own car.
So after all that messing about it turned out to be a slightly wayward exhaust, fixed with a £5 strap from Halfords.
Has anybody taken a more convoluted route to finding a simple problem?
I had a knocking noise coming from the left rear of the car. To resolve this issue I did the following:
- changed the driveshaft
- changed the wheel bearing
- changed the wishbone bushes
- removed the ARB
- checked the shocks and springs (which were new)
Frustratingly none of these things had any effect. Out of ideas, I chose to the "ignore it and it might go away" solution until a handy-with-spanners mate was in the car. I asked him if he had any ideas. He did.
We got out, walked round the back and he gave the exhaust a shove, knocking it against the bumper with the exact noise that had been haunting me for months. He'd had the same problem on his own car.
So after all that messing about it turned out to be a slightly wayward exhaust, fixed with a £5 strap from Halfords.
Has anybody taken a more convoluted route to finding a simple problem?
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