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Old 05-28-2007, 12:00 AM
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Hey there,

Drove to Anaheim yesterday and noticed that my front suspension clunked whenever I hit a bump on the road. Tried doing a search and found other threads about bad end links. How can I tell if they're bad? Could it be something else?
Old 05-28-2007, 07:22 AM
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Could be a broken steering rack. I know my car did that and had to replace it. Yet the car still does it...hmm
Old 05-28-2007, 10:39 AM
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maybe some bolt are loose. I had same problem after my coilover install and few days later I found out that I didn't titen the sway bar nuts. It was about to fall too.. soo close..
just go lift your car and check, it won't take you more than 1hr so do it.
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Have you guys ever wondered that it could be the control arm hitting the inside fender well?

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Didn't have a chance to check it today. I have a feeling it's the sways and/or end links. Regardless, I'm going to recheck the entire front to make sure it's all torqued to spec.
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My driver side end link nut was really loose. I torqued both sides back to spec and checked the rest of the suspension. I guess I'll have to re-torque those down each time I do an oil change. Oh yeah, I used a little Loc-Tite on each nut.
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