I know this has been posted about quite a few times but I now think I have a consistent way of reproducing this problem.

People have talked about taking off in the morning and hearing a clunk come from their front suspension. The solution was to have the control arms re-torqued. I had this done by the dealer earlier this year and the problem is back again. I'm starting to think that it never went away.

Anyway, I'm asking for people to try this and post their results. 1. Drive for a mile or more to work the suspension.
2. Pull into a parking lot or any area with some manuvering room.
3. Straighten the wheel and come to a relatively quick stop.
4. Shift to reverse and start to roll back. As you're doing this turn to full right lock.

This should create the clunk that people have described when pulling out of their driveway, etc.

Judging by the location and conditions of the sound it seems like something in the suspension is binding, not that something is loose.

Please post your results as this is something that at best has been annyoing... at worst could be a safety issue.

Thanks

 

http://www.350zforum.com/tech/frontl...leftclunk.aspx

 

WOW... Thanks. I just printed this out to take with me to the dealer. Either they didn't do it last time, or its loosening up again.

 

Tried your experiment, no clunk on mine. Torque is something that is usually monitored in an assy plant. I'm guessing that they fixed it by now if they were applying a lower torque than their spec. If their spec was wrong... that would be a different story.