Thanks for all the replies. Not been able to respond as I was locked out some how.
Thanks to ‘capta2’, your experience and your brothers really confirm my experience and what Oakwood explained to myself about what was causing the issue. Oakwood have been good and took the car back to fix the issue but while it was much better in that it was not as loud, it did not completely cure the issue so the car has now gone back to MMC to be fixed.
The issue, as I understand from Oakmere, is the wire wheels require an adapter plate that is bolted on to the hub but the holes in the adapter plate are larger than the studs on which they are located. The ‘clonk’ originates as the slack between the adapter plate and studs is taken up when changing gear.
The cure, as I understood from Oakmere, involved inserting a sleeve around the threaded studs to reduce the slack between the studs and adapter plate.
‘Capta2’: does this explanation sound correct to you?
Roger
2021 Plus Four in blue
