While you had the car jacked up swapping wheels round, did you spin each wheel up by hand to see if any noise could be heard or anything untoward felt?

Also switch engine off and coast in neutral for a bit to see if its still there.

Checked gearbox oil level?

Never thought of checking the above but will ASAP.

As for coasting, it's difficult in these cars as they tend not to want to move too freely in neutral, they can slow down themselves fairly quickly without breaking if you take your foot off the gas pedal!!

Thanks for the tips.

Well found, surprised you didn't feel that, from the sounds of it the suspension arm in question is only held in place by the spring and the upper bush, wasn't it 'crabbing'.

How on earth did you make a temporary repair to such an important part, for goodness sake use the car minimally if at all till you get it fixed.

The temp repair was actually using a long enough bolt and washer to go through the anti-roll bar arm, through the rubber bush in between and then through the framework and other rubber bush and tightened with a nut.

I've just been to my local garage and had the car up on their lift. they claim my repair will suffice till they get me a replacement pair of bushes (hopefully by Monday), Sadly, they also discovered that the nearside wheel bearing had gone, which was more than likely making all the noise. So, they are ordering one of those as well. (bearing is around £120 + vat!!!).

Hopefully there isn't any other damage caused and I'll not drive the car till it's fixed, but only the noise was apparent during the week and no vibration/juddering - thankfully.

Yep, I guess it could have potentially been a lot worse and we're thankful that it wasn't and doesn't seem to have caused more damage.

I was surprised at the cost of the bearing, but when the mechanic explained that it was a larger sealed unit as opposed to a simple bearing, then the costs seems relevant.

I only hope they can repair it tomorrow or Tuesday without me having to drive it too much.