Click !

alinton · Post by **alinton** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 10:46 am

This is driving me mad!

When I accelerate, there is a CLICK that sounds like it's coming from somewhere around my right hip.

When I brake, it clicks again. It's a mechanical noise, like something is swinging or rolling forward or back.

Could be in the door, the sill, the seat...

And the strange thing is, the last BB4 I had, years ago, did the same thing and I never found what it was then either!

Any ideas what this is please?

Ta.

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 10:53 am

I'll put a tenner on it being this:

The ball bearings in the seat rails have dried out and they now get thrown forwards and backwards under acceleration/deceleration.
I had this yeeeaaaars ago and it drove me mad, eveyone thought I was making it up I think...
I had the seats out, everything, looking for it.
Cleaned up the rails, applied new grease, sorted.

HTH

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 11:00 am

^^^ Exactly what I was going to suggest. Had it on 3 or 4 different ludes now

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 11:03 am

In fact, just found the old pic - 2009!

Post by **Pushki** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 11:31 am

My guess is a coin rolling about in the seat rails.

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 11:48 am

alinton wrote: When I accelerate, there is a CLICK that sounds like it's coming from somewhere around my right hip.

When I brake, it clicks again. It's a mechanical noise,

Ta.

Recent hip surgury that you have or have not had?

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 11:54 am

Recent hip surgury that you have not had?

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 5:01 pm

yeah when you are due for a hip op it clicks

a guy in the gym sounds like a bloody machine gun on the treadmill

alinton · Post by **alinton** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 5:07 pm

Yea I was waiting for the hip job gags!

Thanks re the seat rails, I'll check them out!

Post by **ek9sid** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 6:58 pm

I thought I had something similar in my Lagunatic...Turns out it was just a can of deodorant rolling around in the door pocket lol