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Weird clonking sound

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Got a weird clonking sound when I first accelerate. Most noticeable from 2nd to 3rd to 4th but not down the gearbox. Its sounds like it's on the driver side front. Wheel area

I have whipped the wheel off to see what it could be, nothing lose that I can detect before I start stripping it down everything is good and tight, no play in the brakes, good level of wear left on the discs and pads, sliders are all secure and not moving (Like the ones on my mervia are)

Apart from the drive shaft. If I grab it and push/pull towards and from the gear box there is a click sound at the wheel end. The car has recently has a bearing on the wheel, and some fool has put the inner driveshaft gator on with a ***** zip tie.....

The noise is also there if I manually twist the drive shaft

I'm suspecting this is the fault, or maybe the inner steering arm.

Is on a Focus 2.5 1.6s (Av11 NJJ)

What are your thoughts, and where should I get a replacement driveshaft from if it is that. If I do the driveshaft I will likely swap the drop links at the same time.

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