[Steering & Suspension] Noise after driving through water....

[rbm109]

You may be better off with 'pop' rivets.....

The rain stopped for a while and I never quite got around to having a look but the rain came back, the noise noised so this morning I had a look.

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This the the bit that I've already screwed down. I know this bit was loose as the first time we had the "noise" this was bent back against the wheel...dead give-away.

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There's been some accident damage "repaired" in the past and this is the front trim from the passenger side. It's solid down the outer edge even if not put together correctly.

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This inner piece is where it should be but very wobbly. However it seems no more wobbly that its equivalent on t'other side and that one doesn't make any noise.

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These are general views of the other "stuff" in that corner. It looks fine to me, but what do I know? I'm still trying to work out where they've hidden the leaf-springs.

In conclusion, I can't see anything that's gratuitously loose. There's nothing obviously close to the drive shaft and CV joint either. I suppose it could still be the wobbly plastic but it'd have to bend an awfully long way.

NB: all the above photos are "clicky".