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Front End Noises When Hitting Bumps 850 1993

posted by  Thumbs on  Mon Feb 7 17:15 CST 2005
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Hello Again Lads,

I've read a few recent posts regarding front end "knocking" noises and searched the site a bit. But I'm still not sure about the source of the clunking noise from the front of my '93 GLT.

Today I took the car to a pretty mechanically astute friend. I wanted him to ride with me a bit and listen for the noise. Another buddy wanted to listen, so the three of us went for a spin.

Funny thing. The noise was gone with the additional weight of two passegers. When I dropped them off, the clunking knocking noise was back.

So now we're thinking struts. I have 73,000 miles on the car and I believe the struts have never been changed.

How often should they be serviced? Since the noise went away with an extra 200 pounds in the passenger seat, are the struts obviously the problem?

Also, the front right tire is wearing really fast on the inside of the tread.

Thanks if anyone has some advice.

- Thumbs






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