phelannz

Hey Team,

After obliterating my Lower control arm inner bushing on a pothole, I decided to replace them with the whiteline ones that the folk on here have recommended. The clunk that was present is massively reduced, but there is still a definite clunk coming fron the left side when it is turning right and while braking. Can't feel it while reversing.

Got a shop to install the new bushings since my insurance doesn't cover me replacing things myself unless it's with OEM products. So they installed the Whitelines and did a wheel alignment for me - but i'm still getting an annoying little clunk.

Here's a couple of videos to demonstrate the problem (sorry for vertical video).
One thing I also wanted to confirm was whether the shop did the alignment to the proper specifications. The values I got from the nicoclub website (found on page 21 here http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/350Z/cou...adster/FSU.pdf) are different from the values that they aligned it to at the shop - see attached photo. But I'm not sure if the new bushings should alter those recommended alignment specs.

As per the video, I think my problem might be the inner or outer tie rod ends, or the strut mount - but thought I'd get some advice before taking it back to the shop. Thanks

guitman32

iTrader: (15)

Your alignment is fine, a little uneven but fine.

Just need to check your tie rods, ball joints, wheel bearings, loose bolts, etc, its one of those things.

phelannz

Thanks for the reply. From the sound I was getting in the video I linked, it sounded like tie rod inners were the cause. Just to make sure, I bought myself a torque wrench and will tediously make sure everything is screwed down right before I take it into a shop and pay 4 hours of labour for them to try and diagnose it. Will post back here once it's done.

rich2342

iTrader: (3)

Was the tail-end of the car wiggly at all once you noticed the bushing was broken? Did it drive straight/true line? or mushy?

phelannz

Got progressively worse going in a straight line. At first I could only notice it when turning right, but it got bad enough that it was clunking pretty had just going straight forward. Tail kicked out a bit too easy when cornering at high speed, but you feel the instability in the front end before it happens.

gmotion04

iTrader: (8)

Mine were not installed properly the first time, and I still had noise. I then had them corrected and had a bit of noise until they settled. Now, I am clunk free.

phelannz

Can I ask what went wrong with the initial install? You replace with the whiteline ones?