colt_impala

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I noticed out of the blue the other week that my car started riding extremely rough. At certain bumps in the road, it sounds like something is hitting the bottom of the car. I cant say its driving any different, but its riding like a wooden wheeled wagon. Any ideas?

sjsingle1

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check your bumpstops

ricks4genshianne

Also check your torque arm mount and tranny mount.

Johnnystock

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Check your sway bar mounts; mine broke...Theres a guy selling reinforced unit that are really nice.

BMR Sales2

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It could potentially be a bunch of different things. The first thing I would do is jack the car up and get underneath it and visually inspect everything to make sure nothing is loose or is broken and go from there. Pin pointing exactly where the noise is coming from shouldn't be too bad if the noise is that bad.

colt_impala

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I put it on a lift the other day and couldnt find anything. now all of a sudden I have a knocking noise from the driver side front tire. with the car parked I can kick the tire and it has play in it..... ball joint, wheel bearing?

colt_impala

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This is basically what I am experiencing:

whitess1

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Jack it up under the lower control arm grab the tire from the top and bottom and shake it if there is any movement have someone watch the upper and lower ball joints also look at your upper control arm bushings.

colt_impala

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will do. I'll do that in the morning and see what happens

BMR Sales2

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It could potentially be a an outer tie rod or wheel bearing. When you are driving is the knocking noise rotational or have any kind of regularity or does it just randomly happen?