zsoltgraz

Unfortunately I still not received the anti roll bar bushes…but I have some new recognition, I can feel the knocking / rattling in the gas pedal…..

Until I'm waiting for the new part, I recognized that the knocking / rattling sound can be easily reproduced.

It is not possible to force it stationary but it is enough to release the hand brake and as the car starts to roll, even if it is just 50 cm which the car rolls without running engine and touching the steering wheel, the knocking / rattling is here twice. As it starts to roll and as I stop the car with the hand brake or the brakes.

That is absolutely true, it makes no sense to have it in the drawer   

I just checked it again, I ordered the bushes from auto-doc, with the number RGX10006, at least on the German side, they are marked for the front, as I searched for the item with the number at rimmer bros, they are for the rear  , the correct number for the front is RGX000920.

So new order made, but this time the powerflex ones with correct numbers, because all other types are not available outside of the UK. 

Thanks, that is true, I hope that it is not the top arm, I checked it yesterday again with put apart each side, with detaching the top ball joint and the damper from the top arm, very very slight movement is there, but I was not able to create the rattling sound, even as I put back everything together and put it under load, it is somehow not reproduceable stationary. Just in case, I already bought the oilite bearings from Mike Satur. 

Another thing, which makes me wonder is, that the rattle has no effect on driving, so I can brake hard from 80 kmh to 0 without pulling the car to any side and also driving on the highway with 140 kmh and skipping the steering wheel, the car is just running straight ahead. 

What I already thought, it could be also the inner track rod at the steering rack, which would be the worst case, the inner track rod is not available as a standalone part and since brexit it is a bit difficult to get a RHD steering rack in Europe. 

Hi James,

I will check the anti roll bar bushes again, as I checked them a week ago, there were no visible signs. Maybe it is not visible or only if the car is moving and the front end is under load.

Zsolt

Hi John,

Thanks for the detailed description, but I have also a TF. 

Zsolt

It was on a four post lift and also two post lift to check the things. Luckily, I have a very good garage, which was the first "British Leyland" Garage in Austria and still a sanctuary for british car lovers, but because the garage is totally overbooked I try to find and repair things instead of waiting. 

I see, there are a lot of additional possibilities for the rattle, maybe it will be a lifetime destiny. On my old Jaguar XJ40, I searched 2 years to find out that the rattle was from a small washer on the shock absorber and was amplified through the body. 

On think which makes me wonder, the rattle is always there regardless of the road surface. I couldn't say it gets worse on uneven roads. 

So next steps:
- I will change the anti roll bar bush, I already bought it, but I did not changed it because it looked like lot more smaller then the one, which is mounted. 
- Check the "interiors" of the door
- Search for additional lose bolts (that is something I used to it, have to do it every 500 km on my Royal Enfield) 

I will keep this thread updated. 

Hi All, 

First of all a short introduction, my name is Zsolt and I'm from Austria. I have MG TF 135 from 2002 since last year with 77000 mls on the clock, it was imported from the UK to Germany and finally it landed by me in Austria. I swapped my Piaggio MP3 Yourban 300, from a three-wheeler back to four wheels. It is a really standard one, no AC, no ABS, just a car. 

Since I have the MG, I have a strange rattling in the front, it is a bit difficult to describe it, it sound like a bar is wobbling and hitting another part, it is really strange because I have it also on even roads, so not only on bumpy roads. As soon I start to drive the car the rattle is there and it is also independent from speed or rpm, as somebody would seat in the boot and periodically hitting against some metal. 

The car had to do an official approval in Austria, to be road legal, that means it was a very detailed check (it is more or less a check like homologation), they found that the offside lower arm joint has to be changed, but the rattle is still there. As I had to also a new approval similar to the MOT, with the standard checking procedure nothing was found. 

What I have done so far:

- changed the front brake pads
- changed the shock absorbers (they had also a slight movement at the lower bush) to the softride kit
- changed the upper ball joints
- there is not feelable movement in the top-arm-joints and full of grease
- changed the track rods
- I had a movement and knocking at the cross tube assembly which connects the brake-pedal with the brake master cylinder, it is also solved already, the clevis pins were worn. I have still a rattling on the brake pedal, but the rattling what I'm searching for is still there even if I'm braking
- I'm not sure, If the rattling can be connected to the fact, that the whole car is vibrating as the front cooling fan is running?! 
- spare wheel is removed from the boot
- front mounting of the front subframe changed

As you can see I already searched for solutions and done the most of it, but now I have no clue anymore. Maybe some additional ideas? 

Thanks.