suspension bushes

[lotire]

All
My esprit has a knock under hard acceleration from take ocassionally I hear a knock from the passanger side (left side ). I am thinking suspension bushes
I havn't put her up on a lift yet but can anyone tell me what to look out for which gives trouble and what are the best replacements.
Cathal

[zhastaph]

I was getting a clonking on mine under acceleration from the left hand side, kinda sounded like an engine mount.

Turned out to be the bracket that holds the pivot for the radial arm to the chassis had come loose, this had also resulted in bending the bolt and tearing the bush

[kmaier]

lotire said:

All My esprit has a knock under hard acceleration from take ocassionally I hear a knock from the passanger side (left side ). I am thinking suspension bushes I havn't put her up on a lift yet but can anyone tell me what to look out for which gives trouble and what are the best replacements. Cathal

I would check the engine mounts as one of mine was incorrectly assembled after some warranty work... made a mess of the lower washer and hammered it to death. Also check the rear lower lateral arm bushings as they tend to wear pretty fast. And as previously mentioned check the front radial arm mountings. The right one on mine came loose before the 6K miles service and all of the toe adjustments shims fell out.... hello, QC?

Regards, KM
2000 V8