I've got a knock from the front RHS that's developed over the past week, I need to get it on the ramp but my guess is the tie-rod ball joint, (or rear upper arm whatever you want to call it !)

I've been looking at prices for full arms, ball joints etc and Land Rover parts prices for these items are very expensive - i.e. circa £150 versus £50 for OEM badged parts (source Bearmach) through www.lrdirect.com.

Question is - will they be as good and last ? My current bushes are all original and this is the first issue I've had at approaching 100k miles......

Thoughts on this please ???

Thanks Stolen / Gone: 2006MY Supercharged LPG Autobiography - Zambezi Silver with Sand/Jet/Jet Oxford Leather.....

I've had a similar knocking recently. I had an advisory on my MOT saying that the offside lower suspension arm bush was worn and would need replacing soon. At 105000 miles I decided to go the Britpart route, buying a pair of lower arms for about £70 from e-bay (and new bolts/nuts). Now I've changed them I love my car again - no knocking at all and, possibly it's psychological, but the car seems to handle far better.
It's not a difficult job (as long as the bolts aren't seized). There's a good 'walk-through' in the Wiki but also look at my post last week regarding removing the ball joint.

Hope you get it sorted!

In my experience, and very common with others, it's the lower control arm, transverse link or whatever name others give it. Number 9, or 14 for rhs. Can only really be checked with all weight off the wheel, not ramps. With the fattie jacked up and a hand top and bottom of the wheel, you should feel play.

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Good pic - I changed 9 and 14 (which I referred to as lower suspension arms).

Well according to that diagram/picture all I have left to change are 9 and 14. Every time I replace a component the knock/rattle/vibration is cured then 2 weeks later appears in another opponent. They should be with me soon as ordered this week. Anti roll bar bushes next but they aren't on that diagram.

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I had a knocking on mine from front left and it was the lower control arm, transverse link or whatever name others give it....

A chap local to me (recommended by Kingpleb on here) changed it for £65 includuing the part (I presume not original Land Rover but at that price who cares!) and knocking was cured. 8k later I've had no issues  2007 Zermatt Silver TDV8 Vogue SE - now sold but was a great car!

I'd buy genuine, I didn't when my suspension knocked, and the car suspension still knocked after fitting new part!
After a lot of buying other unnecessary parts I found the new parts knocked as well!!

Now fitted with genuine (no knock) parts, I wasted time and money due to non genuine and putting up with a suspension knock that drove me mad!!

Genuine parts are worth paying that little bit extra for.

Thanks for the advice - I took it to my mates MOT station and put it on the shaker plates, its the RHS lower arm ball joint as predicted by a few of you.

Have decided to change both sides and also the tie-rod bushes / balljoints as well - ordered parts from Dan yesterday.......I figured at approaching 100k miles they could be doing with replacing to tighten it up.

Rear bushes next then a 4 wheel alignment should be good as new  Stolen / Gone: 2006MY Supercharged LPG Autobiography - Zambezi Silver with Sand/Jet/Jet Oxford Leather.....

All suspension arms now replaced, was a complete of a job as the ball joints on the the hub assembly (the ones that bolt in and are connected to the compresion arm) would not come out so the hubs had to come off to get access to 'persuade' them out......

Feels a lot 'tighter' now and clunk free again

For the record, it was the transverse arm balljoint (lower arm) that was causing the knocking, however, the big bushes on the compression arm that attach to the subframe had a fair amount of play in them. Rear bushes planned next and then a 4 wheel alignment, just wondering whether I should change the track rod ends before the alignment as a precaution (although, they felt OK when they were removed to do the front arms) Stolen / Gone: 2006MY Supercharged LPG Autobiography - Zambezi Silver with Sand/Jet/Jet Oxford Leather.....