fitting anti-roll bar linkage?

[PADDY!]

Hi after noticing a knocking noise coming from the front right of my car i decided to get it up on the ramps at the weekend, everything on the front right was in order, but the antiroll bar linkage was not there on the passenger side , i have ordered a pair of these to fit before the mot at the end of the month, but i am wondering if it could be something else causing the knocking if it's coming from the front right?
also, is it a simple job to replace the anti-roll bar linkage, and do i need to remove the suspension or anything or can i replace them with everything in place?

cheers paddy

 

[PADDY!]

oh and my top mounts are on there perishing as well if that could be the culprit?

 

[micky]

my money is on top mounts mate

 

[PADDY!]

the knocking only seems to happen when i brake or accelerate

 

[Mr Skint]

to be honest mate it doesnt really matter where the knocking is coming from, id get those replaced asap. arb are easy to swap, top mounts etc means the whole leg has to come off. also check wheels bearings and lower arm bushes because they both cause knocking on accel and deccel

 

[MarkGSi]

The knocking will be the roll bar link. Change that and see what happens. If the knocking stops look at changing the strut tops sometime soon

 

[PADDY!]

yea that's my plan for the weekend, i have ordered a pair from ebay

 

[Rusty]

There's 2 two types of drop links, the nice easy ones that have a bolt at the top and at the bottom, and the pain in the ass types that 'slip' over the roll bar and bolt at the bottom.

Make sure you've ordered the right ones

 

[PADDY!]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=360241004339

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....0&_trksid=m38&_nkw=360241004339&_fvi=1&_rdc=1

these are the one's i bought

 

[Rusty]

That's the easy to change type, but more importantly, are they the type your car needs?

 

[satchellm]

if they are the type you need there prob the easyest thing to change on the suspension, if it is the other type and there are two different diamiter of arb's with the push on type there a pain in the back side! good luck buddy.