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GQ knocking noise in front?

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GQ knocking noise in front?

Post by dklyne454 »

Went out last night, and have come home with a wierd knocking noise in the front. every time i hit a bump, it happens.

-Got underneath, and nothing i can see is cracked or loose.
-It's coming up through the body, not the steering.
-have shaken the shocks, steering linkages, drive shaft... can't get any movement out of any of them.
-engine mounts seem ok
-all bushes "appear" to be ok

At first i thought a bearing, but once i got back to the road, it only did it on bumps. i would have thought a bearing would be consistent though?

Any thought's.

feel's as though it is coming from the front drivers side.
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Post by coxy321 »

Body mount. Mine does the same over any bumps etc., but only on the passenger side. When it starts happening on the drivers side i'll fix it. :P

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Post by adriand82 »

Passenger side engine mount fixed mine.
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Post by ST391GQ »

coxy321 wrote:Body mount. Mine does the same over any bumps etc., but only on the passenger side. When it starts happening on the drivers side i'll fix it. :P

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If the passenger side is makin a noise and the driver side isnt...then it is probably too late for driver side mount hey....unless your truck has been whacked sumwhere on pass. side only.
Do a search on here ...plenty of info out there on body mounts.


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Post by dklyne454 »

that said, what do you do to fix it?
do i just reweld the mount on, or buy a new one?

thanks for the replies.
it's driving me crazy.
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Post by bogged »

dklyne454 wrote:that said, what do you do to fix it?
do i just reweld the mount on, or buy a new one?.
Replace the body mount rubbers, do the whole lot, cause its front left today, will be front right next week, then right rear etc.... aint cheap, bout $400 for all mounts if I remember
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Post by tna racing »

could be a flogged put panhard bush or control arm loose
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Post by NutterGQ »

if your feeling it in the floor especially under your feet go to the nissan bible and read body knock.
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Post by hokey »

sounds like the same problem in my truck.

so is everyone thinking loose body mount or broken?
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Post by tna racing »

hokey wrote:sounds like the same problem in my truck.

so is everyone thinking loose body mount or broken?
nah, just replace all your bushes haha :finger:
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Post by hokey »

just read the thread in the bible and i'd be pissing away 500 in bushes and still have the nock.

Just gonne live with it :finger:
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Post by dklyne454 »

Thanks heaps guys. just read the knockin noise thread in the bible. (Wouldn't have ever looked there, i only thought to go there when i need info on parts and mods...)
It sounds pretty much like what it's doing, obviously a common problem.

Will fix it up this week.
Only put the body lift in last week. wish i had have read this back then, anything else i should do while redoing the mounts?
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Post by tna racing »

hokey wrote:just read the thread in the bible and i'd be pissing away 500 in bushes and still have the nock.

Just gonne live with it :finger:
we just need to re weld the body :lol: :finger:
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Post by bogged »

hokey wrote:just read the thread in the bible and i'd be pissing away 500 in bushes and still have the nock.

Just gonne live with it :finger:
then it just fawks the floor pan and rips holes in the floor :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Post by tna racing »

bogged wrote:
hokey wrote:just read the thread in the bible and i'd be pissing away 500 in bushes and still have the nock.

Just gonne live with it :finger:
then it just fawks the floor pan and rips holes in the floor :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
yep no thy feeling :lol:
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Post by cooki_monsta »

oh always the better option imo :twisted: :finger:
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Post by tna racing »

carnage :armsup: :finger:
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Post by twodiffs »

ST391GQ wrote:
coxy321 wrote:Body mount. Mine does the same over any bumps etc., but only on the passenger side. When it starts happening on the drivers side i'll fix it. :P

Coxy
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If the passenger side is makin a noise and the driver side isnt...then it is probably too late for driver side mount hey....unless your truck has been whacked sumwhere on pass. side only.
Do a search on here ...plenty of info out there on body mounts.


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Post by JWB »

dklyne454 wrote:Thanks heaps guys.

Will fix it up this week.
Only put the body lift in last week. wish i had have read this back then, anything else i should do while redoing the mounts?
IIRC they used GU ones when mine were done! bit bigger or something like that?
But what a huge difference when driving it for the 1st few times :armsup:
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Post by coxy321 »

twodiffs wrote:..worse when it's wet and you have passengers who always seem to ask for some strange reason...."Errr whats that knocking noise under my feet"?
x 78239472349013898

I get this evertime i have a passenger. I stress for two seconds, then shrug it off (along with all of the other knocks and rattles).

I'll get my mate at nissan to price me up some body mount rubbers.

Coxy

PS. Pretty sure my floor/firewall has a hairline crack on it too :oops:
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Post by bogged »

coxy321 wrote:PS. Pretty sure my floor/firewall has a hairline crack on it too :oops:
yep, very common to crack where floor and firewall meet :(
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Post by coxy321 »

I'm not going to bother repairing it. I fugure if i go to the trouble of welding it up, with all of the body flex the LWB has, its only going to send the stress somewhere else.
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