Fiat Bravo - knocking noise and wandering at corners/roundabout

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Mon 19 Jul 2010 20:22
Fiat Bravo - knocking noise and wandering at corners/roundabout - squibsquib

My 1996 Bravo knocks when going over bumps at the passenger sides. Also when going round corners it seems to wander a little. I took it to a garage and they said the hub was loose and tightened it. It seemed to slighly dampen the knocking sound for a few days but now its back? This side had a seized caliper which I changed. The knocking noise was there before I changed the caliper. I am going to take it back to the garage and get checked again but could anyone give me any advice what could be causing this? The garage did mention that the hub might be knackered and need to get a replacement. Its more the unsteady feeling while cornering thats bothering me most. Apart from that there is no Steering wheel wobble. Any advice would be great.

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Mon 19 Jul 2010 23:35
Fiat Bravo - knocking noise and wandering at corners/roundabout - Peter.N.

I take it that they have checked the track rod end ball joints, that would be my first guess. If you jack up the offending wheel and try to rattle it backwards and forwards, that will show up and play in the bearings, but I would'nt expect that to cause a rattle anyway. Anti roll bar links or bushes are the only other things I can think of.

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Tue 20 Jul 2010 10:26
Fiat Bravo - knocking noise and wandering at corners/roundabout - piston power

As above broken springs, but is it worth spending much cash on? 1996 fiat would you be better off trading in.

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Wed 11 Aug 2010 22:01
Fiat Bravo - knocking noise and wandering at corners/roundabout - fitterman2

i have a 1999 bravo with the same problem, i found it was the bottom ball joint, i changed the wishbones as the ball joints come with them £39.99 the pair off of ebay. usually if the hub is duff u normally get a shake on the steering wheel. hope this helps

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