Thanks to all of you who replied to my earlier post!
Here's a recap. I have replaced every single bushing,ball join, strut and mount on both sides of my car 89 740.
When I hit a speed bump or pot hole the right strut makes a pretty loud clunking sound and it can be felt in the car. It is more pronounce when I have a passenger in the car. The driver's side seems fine. The car also pulls ever so lightly to the right hand side.
I got home tonight after driving my truck ( ford ranger the only reason it's not a volvo is I needed some thing w/ a bed. oh how I wish volvo would make a p'up)
And tried retightening the top strut nut as someone suggested no luck as tight as could be. Could it be possible that the wheel bearing is worn and needs to be replaced? I'm going to replace them a any how.
What else could it be. Steering rack is fine tie rod are too!
Thanks in advance.
CJ

Since there are just the two studs/nuts attaching them to the shock tower under the hood, it is possible to get the upper strut mounts in backwards on a 740. Please don't ask me how I know this. :-)

I put the driver side mount in backwards when I did struts on my '91 745T. It pulled to that side and made a clunk when going over bumps. Took me about a week of driving it around and scratching my head to figure out what I'd done. Pulled it apart, turned it around and reinstalled. No problems in two years and about 20K miles...
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Mike W., six Volvos (four that run), Largo, FL

How about the nut that caps the strut tube? It can sometimes loosen up and create a space at the top of the strut tube. This allows the strut insert to move up and down in the tube and it will create a clunk as you describe. This is located under the rubber boot. On a 240 with a loose nut I was able to find enough room (after removing the wheel) to get a large steel punch on the nut and strike it with a hammer to tighten it back up.

Randy

No I tried that I will triple check it though.
Thanks CJ