dropped spindle AND steering questions

[wishart]

i think my front suspension is in need of a professinoal opinion.... driving along any road no matter how rough, i get a very sharp tapping sound of metal to metal. It only appears to be drivers side....it may be some other suspension issue but a few people have said it could be the dropped spindles? I aint tooled up enough in my head or in my tool box to tackle this if its the spindles Just doesnt sound too safe

Also

The steering freeplay has a knock when you move it side to side... and going over bumps when driving sometimes causes a drastic swerve lol. Its been worse the last few weeks. Is that a steering box problem? Ive been advised that it would need looking at shortly

Im guessing neither of these will be a low-cost fix.

[bobley]

I've postponed my Northampton jobs for today but I will be back in town on Wednesday afternoon. Considering you've still got my jack I think it would be an ideal opportunity for us to have a butchers. There are so many different things it could be. Hopefully it wont cost more than a 4 pack of stella to fix.

[wishart]

LOL Thats about as far as my budget will stretch at the moment! It'll probably be wednesday before its ready to come down off the axle stands as i'll be changing the clutch cable tonight.... im quite tempted to have a fiddle with the height of the beam whilst im in that area ;D

[sam mcmahon]

Not that familiar with bus steering set up, but its not a trackrod hitting the chassis leg is it?

[bobley]

Considering I could barely get my fingers underneath this bus on thursday night, let alone a jack, the old track rod was going to be my first check. I'm hoping its something simple like that.