2014 rogue sv front end clunking

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Hey so I have been trying and trying to track down whatever it may be that’s clunking somewhere in the front end most noticible when braking in either D or R the first brake after switching directions. Now I’m 99.91 percent sure it’s the brake pads shifting that 2 mm gap that’s present but when I put the car up on jack stands and the driver front wheels off the ground rocking the wheel back and forth I noticed the motor mount underneath as well as the entire motor has a lot of play. I’m going to try and upload the video I just took if it to see if anyone can tell me if this is normal or not. I brought up the upper mount before to Nissan and they told me the cracking in the weird x shaped rubber inside wasn’t a problem with that. But I’m not going to lie after the experiences I’ve had at the Nissan dealerships I trust their word about as much as I trust an elephant if it told me it’s weight would crush my foot if it stepped on it. Thanks in advance, and I just realized I cannot upload a video here. I can upload to YouTube and post a link if needed.

[VStar650CL]

Clunking with the brake isn't likely to be a motor mount, that should be clunking immediately upon a D->R or R->D shift. Not that they couldn't be a contributing factor, but it sounds more like you may have a bad case of the infamous loose axle nuts. When they get very loose they can start going clickety-clack on just about every change in throttle or brake. Try greasing the splines and retorquing the nuts before anything else:
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/ ... 4-0001.pdf

[NamesClear]

The clunking doesn’t occur immediately after shifting n reverse it’s usuall the loudest and it occurs after shifting into reverse give it some gas to get into the garage then when pressing the brake to final stop that’s when it clunks. And then when pulling out of the garage that first braking session it also when it clunks. It’s easiest for me to describe it that way. I mean I’ll definitely try your suggestion. But I’m just a little but unsure that that’s where it’s coming from. The easiest way to describe the clunk is that it sounds like a metal rob hitting a metal rod withough anytime holding on ti either cause it’s usually dampened when humans hold them. Stupid analogy I know it’s hard to describe it to where I even understand what I’m trying to explain. And yes I know that the motor mount isn’t what’s causing the clunk. At least I don’t think it is 100% to blame. My original question regarding the motor mount is if it’s normal to have an absurd amount of play with the motor mount sorry I wasn’t overly clear about that

[VStar650CL]

Play in motor mounts is a little hard to describe in numbers because it's rotational on three axes. I.e., a bad transmission mount will primarily let the engine rotate on a flat plane around the nose mount and may let it bounce end-to-end, while a bad dogbone mount will primarily let it rotate on the axis of the crankshaft. The sum of all those movements becomes pretty hard to characterize. For that reason, I like to define it in terms of each individual mount. I'd say 3/16" of planar movement at any individual mount is probably a good generic limit, at 1/4" or more the mount is probably shot. They're dampers, but they're not supposed to be jello. Also, the dealer is right that some superficial cracking may be normal, but any "web" which is completely severed means the mount is bad.