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My Marlin has now done 4-500 miles since being built but it has a noise which I can't identify. I thought I'd post a note in case someone else has had something similar.
It only happens going round right hand corners when the weight balance is transferred. It sounds like a screech and lasts less than half a second. It comes from the nearside but I can't tell whether it's from the front or back. I can't seem to be able to recreate the noise in the garage. Bumps/potholes taken in a straight line don't have any effect.
Initially I thought it was the rear tyre touching the chassis but I've put masking tape over the area where it could touch and it hasn't marked it. I've looked underneath generally and can't see that anything is touching/rubbing. I've had the front anti-roll bar bushes out and sprayed them with silicone but to no avail.
Any thoughts please??
It only happens going round right hand corners when the weight balance is transferred. It sounds like a screech and lasts less than half a second. It comes from the nearside but I can't tell whether it's from the front or back. I can't seem to be able to recreate the noise in the garage. Bumps/potholes taken in a straight line don't have any effect.
Initially I thought it was the rear tyre touching the chassis but I've put masking tape over the area where it could touch and it hasn't marked it. I've looked underneath generally and can't see that anything is touching/rubbing. I've had the front anti-roll bar bushes out and sprayed them with silicone but to no avail.
Any thoughts please??
I was pretty convinced it was on the drive train somewhere but was proved wrong. It was caused by the alternator pulley vanes touching the metal support to the engine cowling but only when the engine 'leant' round a right hand corner and bumps in the road gave it the extra twitch. Solved by shortening the vanes and putting on a slightly shorter fan belt.
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