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Old 05-20-2012, 10:22 PM
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I am so fed up with my suspension i could BFHI! I have changed (on both sides for all parts) Lower & Upper Ball Joints, LCA bushings, Outer Tie Rod Ends. I have checked the wheel bearings, and everything on the brakes as well. All of this was done trying to fix a knocking sound that would come out of my passenger side suspension. Changed one thing at a time and would go out for a test drive and everytime it would produce the same knocking sound. It makes the loud popping knocking sound when i back up and turn either direction or when I come to an intersection and stop. It pops right before the car comes to a full stop.

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I'l at a loss now all thats left is the struts or coil springs and idk if that could produce the noise I'm hearing
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Does it sound metallic?
Old 05-20-2012, 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Azar_Hawke
Does it sound metallic?
no it doesn't. it sounds like a bad ball joint or something along those lines. I've tightened the sh*t outta every bolt and nut thinking maybe something was shifting. But IDK
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can you feel it when it pops or is it just noise. almost sounds like a caliper hanging up
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Have you checked sway bar end links?
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Originally Posted by bwkmaro
can you feel it when it pops or is it just noise. almost sounds like a caliper hanging up
you can barely feel it but it really loud.

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Have you checked sway bar end links?
yeah i forgot to post that above but I replaced that as well.
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Im currently redoing my suspension aswell. did the rear today and the control arm bushings were rotted bad. Bout 1/8" gap from contacting the bushing housing. Also replaced de carbons with bilsteins. Problems on rear are gone now. Doing front hopefully next weekend.

It could be your strut mount isolator starting to rust through? My driver side makes a pop when I push down on the car and it sounds like its coming from the top of the spring/strut assembly inside the wheel well
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thats the sound. from what youre explaining and im about to order the struts and strut mounts from rock auto
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Originally Posted by desormeaux05
thats the sound. from what youre explaining and im about to order the struts and strut mounts from rock auto
That's exactly what im doing. Waiting on a-arm bushings and balljoints. I hope it solves the problem. Its very annoying



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