11-05-2009, 04:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-05-2009, 04:18 PM by OAC_Sparky.)
At this point over the internet it's hard to diagnose clunks. The best way to check is to get the tire up in ther air.
After checking:
-sway bar links
-springs for breaks
-struts for leaking
-strut mount nuts for tightness
-wheel bearing for looseness (in/out)
then you can move to the tie rods/ ball joints
-grab the tire (up in the air) and jerk it left-right, if you hear a clunk or play it's the tie rods/control arm bushing
-grab the tire and rock it up/down or put a crowbar under the tire and jerk up on it if it clunks it's likely a ball joint/control arm bushing.
-upper strutmount can make a clunk but usually they clunk/squeek when you turn the wheel.
Also, if you have put a camber adjustment kit in (the kind with the modified strut bearing and offset plate) that they have been known to snap if you've overtorqued the strut bolt).
Hard to diagnose this stuff over the internet, but that's the sequence I normally use to pinpoint suspension problems.
After checking:
-sway bar links
-springs for breaks
-struts for leaking
-strut mount nuts for tightness
-wheel bearing for looseness (in/out)
then you can move to the tie rods/ ball joints
-grab the tire (up in the air) and jerk it left-right, if you hear a clunk or play it's the tie rods/control arm bushing
-grab the tire and rock it up/down or put a crowbar under the tire and jerk up on it if it clunks it's likely a ball joint/control arm bushing.
-upper strutmount can make a clunk but usually they clunk/squeek when you turn the wheel.
Also, if you have put a camber adjustment kit in (the kind with the modified strut bearing and offset plate) that they have been known to snap if you've overtorqued the strut bolt).
Hard to diagnose this stuff over the internet, but that's the sequence I normally use to pinpoint suspension problems.
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