hi peeps, praying here someone can help! My 6 has become dangerous around right hand bends of any angle at any speed. It behaves as if i'm pulling the handbrake on whilst going through the corner, throwing the back end out completely. I found this out on a gentle right bend at twenty mph. I have been to an industrial estate tonight to test that the corner it happened on may have just been greasy but it is happening on any right hand bend. The brakes are not stuck on, all drop links and ball joints and track rod ends have been replaced within the last month and i've checked that none are loose. There is a knock whilst turning the wheel to the right when moving. Please please help! If anyone has any ideas i will be eternally grateful

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one of many things really. beam mounts,loose arb loose wheel oval hub and etc by the sound of it it might be your mounts but.......wouldn't explain the locking up theory

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sorry guys, the knocking noise comes from near side front. It's not all the way round the lock, just one loud clunk about halfway to right lock. Is there an easy way of checking the rear beam mounts as i can get access to a ramp tomorrow morning. Thanks for all the advice by the way

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Official diagnosis: Carpocondria - The persistent conviction that one's motor vehicle is or is likely to become ill

He didn't mean literally locking up

I too have a clunk I need to investigate tomorrow, but it only seems to do it with the whole weight of the car so dunno how i'm going to replicate it.

As another note, check the strut top mounts too

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Could also be beam bearings making a trailing arm move around and give you random camber.

The clunk could be a driveshaft or top mount.

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