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very noisy front suspension 850 1995

posted by  someone claiming to be Truhits on  Mon Feb 18 17:25 CST 2008 [RELATED]

Roads here in New England suck. Been noticing my 850 with 145,000miles to be very clunky, and just in general noisy on the road. My mechanic told me to replace my strut caps which are both bad about a month or two ago, I have yet to do that (shame on me) but plan to do it soon because these noises are getting annoying, uncomfortable and emberassing. I get creaking noises in the parking lot or uneven side streets and when I go over bumps noises are very loud thumps. The car probably has original shocks/struts all around so I am wondering if this clunkiness and noisy thumps over bumps are just bad struts or other parts as well. Also pushing on the front bumper only causes the strut cap to creak a bit but the car doesnt bounce up and down.

Everything is smooth as butter though when im cruising down a level highway with no bumps.

Anything common that I should expect to be replaced?

Also any ideas on the ballpark price for all this work.






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