 clunking sound, gtfour sss |
  |
 Oct 10, 2010 - 6:50 PM
|
 
|
|
Enthusiast Joined Mar 28, '10 From Grande Prairie, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
after having this clunking sound coming from my front end after hitting bumps or rough roads, i replaced the figure 8 joints. while instling them i checked all the ball joints and everything seemed well. after installing them the noise was still there. when i bough the car the front struts were shot so i ended up replacing them with ksport coil overs(not the highest quality of suspension). does it make sense that the noise is coming from the strut itself? I can sort of hear this noise to the rear as well so. i never did get to drive the car with factory struts so i cant compare.
|
|
Oct 11, 2010 - 9:49 AM
|
|
 Enthusiast  Joined Mar 30, '09 From Jamaica Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Usually the figure 8 joints and the A arms should be replaced together. If the A arms were checked ad are fine, then the mostly likely culprit would be the crush tube bushing found on the banana arm. These will cause all sort of noise and play, if checked, make sure they're torqued properly.
|
|
Oct 12, 2010 - 7:21 PM
|
|
|
Enthusiast Joined Mar 28, '10 From Grande Prairie, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
it is the crush tube bushing i just checked..would i have to replace the whole arm to fix this problem?
|
|
Oct 13, 2010 - 8:22 PM
|
|
|
Enthusiast Joined Mar 30, '09 From Jamaica Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (dougone81 @ Oct 12, 2010 - 7:21 PM)  it is the crush tube bushing i just checked..would i have to replace the whole arm to fix this problem? No, just replace the tube (should not be expensive). You can replace it with standard or uprated tube.  
This post has been edited by Mr_Tee: Oct 13, 2010 - 8:23 PM |
|
Oct 13, 2010 - 11:36 PM
|
|
|
Enthusiast Joined Dec 29, '05 From So-Cal Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%) |
don't mean to steal your thread...but i have a noise in the front of my car too....it rattles more than clunk noise....only when i accelerate and when car is warm up while accelerating...up past to higher speed.... it disappears. what could this mean?
|
|
Oct 14, 2010 - 2:12 AM
|
|
 Enthusiast Joined Jan 16, '07 From covington, KY Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (77%) |
QUOTE (chacha @ Oct 14, 2010 - 12:36 AM) don't mean to steal your thread...but i have a noise in the front of my car too....it rattles more than clunk noise....only when i accelerate and when car is warm up while accelerating...up past to higher speed.... it disappears. what could this mean? A loose object. Really you need to be more specific because it could be your wheel, strut, bearing, axle, tie rod, exhaust, heat shield, battery, exe. pretty much anything and everything can rattle under the hood. |
|
Oct 14, 2010 - 8:50 PM
|
|
|
Enthusiast Joined Dec 29, '05 From So-Cal Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%) |
i checked as best as i could...couldn't find it...it does sound like it is with my exhaust, i hope it is not the cat covert.
|
|
Oct 15, 2010 - 2:39 AM
|
|
 Enthusiast Joined Apr 24, '08 From Orange County, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 33 (100%) |
what is the point of upgrading that crush tube. anybody have any pics as to where it goes on the suspension!?
-------------------- Group buy to replicate Narrow E series transaxle parts
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...p;#entry1107514 |
|
Oct 16, 2010 - 12:02 PM
|
|
|
Enthusiast Joined Mar 28, '10 From Grande Prairie, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
check out this link and the rush tube is on the end of the bannana arm(not connected to the hub)
http://www.gtfours.co.uk/what/sstrut/003.jpg any ideas on suppliers for the these crush tube bushings in north america?? web sites what ever. |
|
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
| Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: February 23rd, 2025 - 3:56 AM |