Oh right, thanks. Doesn't look too hard to replace, won't even bother dropping the subframe. Cheers
Hum exactly what I thought a few years ago, then got underneath to have a look, that would only work if you cut the ARB into three - or maybe four parts!!! The final straw was that when I checked the bits that VW sold me, I discovered that the first few identifier characters in the parts label were a lot like Golf numbers - and it was very long! So I combined the return trip to get the part swopped (had been charged for the correct one) with booking it in as I would have needed to get the four wheel re-alignment done there anyway.
One thing though, if you are handy with spanners and things, maybe buy a couple of Jubilee clips and secure them on both "outside" sides of the ARB clamping brackets (pipe clamps) - make sure that the ARB is pulled tightly across to the side that is not moving across to hit the console - as this is the side with the u/s end stop. This will stop the ARB walking across due to the end stop or collar being u/s - now if you do this correctly and this does not stop the knocking, then something else is wrong. Maybe before you fit these Jubilee clips, try pulling/pushing the ARB across to see if this is really what your
problem is. I'd not trying to be shi**y, but if you are a spanner sort of person then I would have hoped that you would have worked out if this was or is not the
problem already - with the
help from this forum and the Skoda one as this
problem was endemic a few years ago.
