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Clunck in Front 850

posted by  someone claiming to be Canadian on  Mon May 26 12:06 CST 2003 [RELATED]

I have a 95 - 850T and recently have been hearing a clunck in the front passenger side of the car when traveling over rough roads. The car has 140k and what i believe are the original struts. The car does not bounce excessively over bumbs which would indicate that the struts are in ok condition. Although it only happens when the right front wheel encounters a patch of rough surface. Is there something common, maybe mechanical that could be causing this noise other than the struts?

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    Clunck in Front 850

    posted by  someone claiming to be Robert Firestone on  Mon May 26 19:29 CST 2003 [RELATED]

    For me it was a broken spring retaining plate. Good luck.








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    Clunck in Front 850

    posted by  jthorner on  Mon May 26 13:47 CST 2003
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    Lots of possible causes. On my car this was once caused by loosened caliper mounting pins/bolts.

    Another strange front end sound ended up being caused by worn front bushings and balljoints, which neccesitated replacing the lower A-arm assemblies as at least on my '96 the ball joints are integral with the A-arms.

    John







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    Clunck in Front 850

    posted by  GreenT5 on  Mon May 26 13:35 CST 2003
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    It sounds like we have the same problem.Researching the archives here may help you-it looks like sway bar links are the most likely culprit from other posts I have read. I have taken mine('94) in to the mechanic several times(needless to say, he can't get the car to make the noise)and still not fixed, they have checked the struts. I'm trying to figure out how to replace the sway bar links myself, the clunk/knock/rattle is getting progressively worse and is driving me nuts.

    Good luck with yours. If you do get it fixed I'd be interested in how you did it.







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      Clunck in Front 850

      posted by  GreenT5 on  Mon May 26 13:39 CST 2003
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        Clunck in Front 850

        posted by  someone claiming to be Dave on  Mon Jun 9 08:19 CST 2003 [RELATED]

        Sounds like the sway bar to me -- in my State, the car won't pass inspection if they're bad. It wasn't a real cheap fix, but made it feel like a whole new car!







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