Clunk in front passenger when pushin down on corner....

[W O T]

Hit a nice set of "moguls" today and noticed a decent clunking, also noticed it when I floored it a few times from a dig and when I let off the gas and the car jerks, CLUNK

With the car parked I can push down on the passenger front and get the car bouncing and it clunks everytime at the bottom of its travel, you have to push pretty hard though, little bounce wouldnt do it

Couldnt repeat the noise on any other corner.

At first I thought it might be a motor mount, clunking when the engine jerks

Any ideas? Pretty dark out to try anything, had a flashlight out a min ago but its dark as obama out

[02pathy]

i woud say ball joint, stab link or strut, make sure u check ur spring if all else fail, i have had a few springs break on me with my other car

[Adnan]

i think its the early stage of a stabilizer link gone bad,fully lock your wheel to the left and slightly jerk the rod

[W O T]

Well I made a video anyways, I got under the car after work and dont notice anything word, all visible bushing are atleast there and not cracked, links had almost no play in them.

Wish I had someone around to bounce the car while I was under it

Excuse the dirtyness lol, she went muddin on the weekend



TURN UP THE VOLUME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Adnan]

whoa!,i dont think mine sounds anything like that...ill take a video tomorrow but since your links iunno what it could be

btw just noticed you got Geolanders on your truck too,what do you think of em?

[W O T]

Ya pretty loud freakin noise eh, Ive only heard it a few times while driving on the big dips and jumps lol. It may be anything, just nothing looked suspicious to me

the geolanders mounted on my oems were GREAT in the winter, great all around tire in the winter. Road noise and ride were normal. Tread wear is definetely an issue though, I used them for 9-10k kms and they are already probably 50% treadlife, definetely a winter only tire in my eyes, gotta get the summer tires on real soon

[Adnan]

i agree they wear out fast,mine were freshly installed when i bought the truck (Jan 08) and now they're all cracked with 50-60 % life...i put roughly 15km so far

as for winter driving or in really weather im personally dissapointed,emergency braking can be scary lol

[Buzzman]

Well I made a video anyways, I got under the car after work and don't notice anything word, all visible bushing are at least there and not cracked, links had almost no play in them.

It's the links starting to go.Heard it before.It's not a difficult job, and the parts are reasonably cheap (go OEM).How many Kms. on it?

[W O T]

Really, those little 6" links above the brakes would make that noise? Hell of a clunk lol

http://cgi.ebay.ca/2-FRONT-Swa...A1318

Those were the cheapest I found with a quick ebay search, $55 shipped, dunno how much oems ones are Ill check that now

Car has 100kmiles on it, so 160kms or so, dont know if anything int he front end has ever been changed, got no service records with it

[Buzzman]

Really, those little 6" links above the brakes would make that noise? Hell of a clunk lol

Absolutely. I changed my first ones at around 100,000 Kms. (60k miles).I just put in another set this spring. Same clunking sound started to come back.

Car has 100k miles on it, so 160kms or so, don't know if anything in the front end has ever been changed, got no service records with it

I'm closing in on 200,000 Kms., and I have not replaced any other front end parts. Only the links.Don't hesitate. Replace them and you're good to go.

[longhornsqx4]

I was just looking at the ebay post above, the seller also selles front and back combo kits togetherhttp://cgi.ebay.ca/2-REAR-FRON...A1318

Are the rears easy to change aswell? I dont even know where they are, its only another $25 ontop of the fronts though.... and are those ones listed good quality?

[W O T]

Ya it says they are OEM so I wasnt worried about the quality

Might aswell do the rears if its easy aswell, I'll peek under later and see

[longhornsqx4]

Does anyone else know if they are actually oem parts listed in that auction