Fresh Air Inspector
Member
- Joined
- Nov 4, 2018
- Location
- LaHave, Nova Scotia, Canada
Hello All,
Hopefully one of you can shed some light on a clunk I have. It only happens when the right front wheel drops into a pot hole or off the edge of a raised piece of pavement.
Background;
About 14K km ago (April 2019), I replaced the ball joints (NAPA), all the front suspension bushings (Meyle except control rod end - Urethane), sway bar links (Meyle on control arm end and Urethane on sway bar end), shocks (Monroe), strut mounts (KYB), strut bearings (KYB) and top spring plate (Volvo). I also swapped out the Koyo (original rack ~275K km), for the TRW unit from a lower mileage 760. The passenger inner tie rod had some play so I replaced it. At the same time I had the front end aligned. The alignment guy mentioned that he found some play in the rack.
Current Situation;
Some time after the above repairs I noticed a slight clunk in the right front over certain bumps (ones that cause the front wheel to drop suddenly). This became progressively worse so my assumption was play in the rack. I sent the rack out to be rebuilt and after installing it a week ago I was very disappointed to discover no improvement.
I have it booked in for an alignment in 2 weeks time so hopefully one of you has an idea as to what it can be. I concerned it may be related to the rebuilding of the front struts although in theory the 'clunking' should have started immediately.
Looking forward to your feedback.
Hopefully one of you can shed some light on a clunk I have. It only happens when the right front wheel drops into a pot hole or off the edge of a raised piece of pavement.
Background;
About 14K km ago (April 2019), I replaced the ball joints (NAPA), all the front suspension bushings (Meyle except control rod end - Urethane), sway bar links (Meyle on control arm end and Urethane on sway bar end), shocks (Monroe), strut mounts (KYB), strut bearings (KYB) and top spring plate (Volvo). I also swapped out the Koyo (original rack ~275K km), for the TRW unit from a lower mileage 760. The passenger inner tie rod had some play so I replaced it. At the same time I had the front end aligned. The alignment guy mentioned that he found some play in the rack.
Current Situation;
Some time after the above repairs I noticed a slight clunk in the right front over certain bumps (ones that cause the front wheel to drop suddenly). This became progressively worse so my assumption was play in the rack. I sent the rack out to be rebuilt and after installing it a week ago I was very disappointed to discover no improvement.
I have it booked in for an alignment in 2 weeks time so hopefully one of you has an idea as to what it can be. I concerned it may be related to the rebuilding of the front struts although in theory the 'clunking' should have started immediately.
Looking forward to your feedback.