Mk.4 Golf - Front suspension

[holmbush]

Can any techies suggest a cause. On moving the car from rest a loud bang came from the front o/s and now the suspension makes loud(ish) spring 'twanging' noise when turning from lock to lock. No obvious change in ride height or posture of car and no obvious sign of damage to spring or suspension leg. Is there anything 'known' which might explain this. It seems to drive perfectly OK. Just don't want it to fall to bits on me!

[FunkySon]

Broken spring?

Or the bearing that's below the top mount? I think that can seize up and it's supposed to cause a similar sort of noise

I'm no expert though. It ought to be straight forward to change either if you've got the tools. I swapped the front struts on our mk4 Golf a week ago and one was easy enough but the other was a right old pain to get out.

Duncan

[holmbush]

Thanks for that - I will investigate the top bearing.