rockfangd Posted September 30, 2008 Report Posted September 30, 2008 ok this started this past weekend it sounds like something is bouncing around on the right front. whether i hit a bump or go over a curve i hear the noise. At first i thought i was crazy or maybe an interior panel loose from my recent swap, but in a matter of days it has gotten substancially louder. So now i have the bad clunking on the left rear and now this on the right front . The 2 things that come to mind is that the strut cartridge may have loosened up (dont know how it would after a year), or my strut mount randomly went. I lifted every corner yesterday to shake everything down and i came up with nothing anywhere. I am getting too tired of not finding anything and other people not finding anything lol, maybe if i am lucky my wheel will fall off so i can say oh thats what it was lolol Ok so tonight it is getting to the point i can feel it and hear it over the music When i got home tonight i tried to shake that corner and i got play only when i pulled at 2 oclock, it pulled in and out a bit. I was starting to worry it may be my subframe but i really hope not Quote
rockfangd Posted October 10, 2008 Author Report Posted October 10, 2008 ok so this week i pulled the cap off of the strut tower and i see that everything appears to look normal and i checked to see that the mount was tight and it was, so before i try a new mount i want to be sure that is what it is. All i can say is when i am by myself it sounds terrible but with a passenger it sounds bad but not as bad. So what do i have to do hire 2 friends, one to sit in the right front, and one to sit in the left rear The noise in the front i would have to say is definately worse than the noise in the rear and it came on more sudden. Even if i go over a small dip in the road i can hear something clunking and i can feel it in the wheel and under my feet. My question is is it possible a strut mount could make that much noise in the front and still look normal?? Quote
rockfangd Posted October 12, 2008 Author Report Posted October 12, 2008 well yesterday was too much to be able to drive the car so i had to figure it out today, and thank god I did because it could have been much worse. Somehow after almost 2 years of having the strut cartridges done the right front strut cartridge nut loosened all the way off and the cartridge was hitting the bottom of the knuckle I have no idea how it happened but i am sure glad i didnt find out the hard way. So i cleaned everything up, checked the threads for damage(shocked that there wasnt any) and tightened the nut down with a dab of loctite. I am going to have to check on these once in awhile i guess. The only benefit to the situation is that it did not cost me anything but 20 minutes lol. Quote
dreadbel Posted October 23, 2008 Report Posted October 23, 2008 My front passenger side is doing the same.... when ever the pressure change on the front right it makes a clunk sound..... have not had a chance to look into it Quote
rockfangd Posted October 23, 2008 Author Report Posted October 23, 2008 I wouldnt wait. I couldnt believe it but if i didnt catch it i would probably be having to buy a whole new spindle/strut assembly Quote
dreadbel Posted October 23, 2008 Report Posted October 23, 2008 i went and took look at the strut catridge nut was still, but the bushing around it looked bad Quote
ManicMechanic Posted October 24, 2008 Report Posted October 24, 2008 i went and took look at the strut catridge nut was still, but the bushing around it looked bad We'll take a look the next time I'm over. Quote
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