Re: [tech]mysterious clunking noises.

[Cheapass Ron <rapieper@yahoo.com>]

Check anti sway bar bushings, the ones on the control
arms and the ones by the back control arm pivot. 
Also, check tie rod ends and ball joints, see where
that gets you.

Wheel bearing failure is usually evident by a whine or
groan during slow to medium turns, on the outside
wheel.  Doesn't sound like that from your description.

Ron
--- Joe Doty <rocco2nr@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have replaced the entire passenger's side axle
> assembly with a different 
> one (not new) but still get the exact same clunking
> noises when accelerating 
> or braking from the front.  I even repacked the
> inner CVs on both sides 
> before I put them on.  I haven't replaced the
> driver's side but I still get 
> clunking from over there occasionally too.
> 
> I have brand new tie rods, strut bearings, and
> struts.
> 
> I get a similar clunking noise from the right side
> sometimes when things get 
> a little bumpy, which makes me think that it's not
> CVs.  I don't think the 
> noise ever really happens when turning.
> 
> I don't think my wheel bearings or shot, there isn't
> lots of play in either 
> front wheel when the front is jacked up.
> 
> Is it time for ball joints or something?  This is
> really bugging me...every 
> time I accelerate I get this annoying clunking noise
> that makes me a little 
> less confident and its really starting to bug.  Is
> all this clunking madness 
> usually written off as CVs??  I'm really tired of
> pulling axles off the car 
> :(
> 
> Thanks
> Joe
>
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