Had a slight knocking on the near side front.
Lower suspension bush was worn and lower ball joint moves very easy.
Ordered new bush and ball joint just changed them out today so will give it a spin later and see if its sorted.
If its ok will book it in for 4 wheel alignment check and get the steering wheel back to the centre as its just off at the moment. Its was like this when i bought the car.
Then we will see if the steering is better

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Car is great no knocking now and a better drive so will get the four wheel tracking looked at now

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Mine has similar symptoms

Hopefully that's all mine is

How much was the parts?

Bush was just over £40 and ball joint £15

Good job Steve - mine had a similar knocking and a near side ball joint sorted it

Very wise to get the tracking done - mine was all over the place and felt much better once corrected 2007 Zermatt Silver TDV8 Vogue SE - now sold but was a great car!

I need to when i bought the car they did th O/S ball joint and arm so now they all are ok it needs it will steer better and also get better tyre life

how easy job is this to do?

Not hard but need a bit heat on arm to get bush out if you use a vice like me but a press would make the job easier.
You can get the bus in a new arm ready to fit for a little bit more and its just a bolt and ball joint nut change the ball joint is only in with 2 torques bolts.

How long do they last? Replaced front arms last year / 18k miles ago and got knocking again?

did you do the ball joints

GGX wrote:

How long do they last? Replaced front arms last year / 18k miles ago and got knocking again?

had the same prob on mine replaced the ball joints ,replaced the upper bushes ,still knocking,i finally found it to be the nearside track rod end ,did that tracked it up perfect,different car to drive now.