driving me NUTS!!!!

[cm2005300]

i have this sound from the front end ... whenever im driving slower and go over a bump or something i get from both sides a sound like clunking and rattling ....only happens when im going slow ....just had tie rod on passenger replaced so thats not it... maybe bushings on sway bar? wish i could get a sound but it wount come out right while driving

[cm2005300]

Bump

[Nuclearjack]

It is one or all of the below.

Tie rod ends. inner or outer.
Sway bar links/ bushings
heat shield near exhuast.
Struts
Tenision rod.

[Tbird100636]

i have this sound from the front end ... whenever im driving slower and go over a bump or something i get from both sides a sound like clunking and rattling ....only happens when im going slow ....just had tie rod on passenger replaced so thats not it... maybe bushings on sway bar? wish i could get a sound but it wount come out right while driving

A way to check front sway bar bushings on RWD LXes is to unbolt the sway bar with the links still attached. Grab the bushing. If the bushings are closed completely shut but don't fit the bar tightly (you can move the bushings back and forth noticeably against the bar) then you need sway bar bushings. They should fit the bar tightly and be hard to close. You can also check the links for looseness with the bar partially hanging. I just did a set of tension struts this week on a customer's car. These were really bad, tons of up and down play on the ball joint end, bushings on the other end were spliting. Caused a high pitched metal-to-metal sound over bumps and when applying the brake. The same car also had bad sway bar bushings causing more of a low pitched knocking.

[linkdx_245]

Bump

Can someone tell me what bump means?

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[Nuclearjack]

Can someone tell me what bump means?

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it has many meanings. girls have two bumps on thier chest.

There are speed bumps on the road.

but in this case it describes posting in a thread simply for the purpose of moving it to the top of the list so more people will read it. Some people would add another post while others are more clear with their invention and simple state that they are bumping their thread to the top of the list. "bump"

[xevilpetex]

I would check your swaybar endlinks. They may not be tight enough.

[linkdx_245]

it has many meanings. girls have two bumps on thier chest.

There are speed bumps on the road.

but in this case it describes posting in a thread simply for the purpose of moving it to the top of the list so more people will read it. Some people would add another post while others are more clear with their invention and simple state that they are bumping their thread to the top of the list. "bump"

Lol that's for the bump lesson

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[cm2005300]

A way to check front sway bar bushings on RWD LXes is to unbolt the sway bar with the links still attached. Grab the bushing. If the bushings are closed completely shut but don't fit the bar tightly (you can move the bushings back and forth noticeably against the bar) then you need sway bar bushings. They should fit the bar tightly and be hard to close. You can also check the links for looseness with the bar partially hanging. I just did a set of tension struts this week on a customer's car. These were really bad, tons of up and down play on the ball joint end, bushings on the other end were spliting. Caused a high pitched metal-to-metal sound over bumps and when applying the brake. The same car also had bad sway bar bushings causing more of a low pitched knocking.

Thats the sound i was trying to describe !! so ill have those fixed and go from there

[magnumman426]

From past experience in the shop, I'd replace the Swaybar End links and sthe stabilizer bar cushions. Usually if the torsion struts are torn up, it will cause erratic steering wheel hop when you hit bumps in the road.

[cm2005300]

From past experience in the shop, I'd replace the Swaybar End links and sthe stabilizer bar cushions. Usually if the torsion struts are torn up, it will cause erratic steering wheel hop when you hit bumps in the road.

no its just a light clunking /vibration sound very faint